Scripture Verse

Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Ephesians 6:17

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Jun­ior Chris­tian En­dea­vor Songs, by Ira D. San­key, John Will­is Baer & Will­iam Shaw (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1893), num­ber 2. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Grace Fran­ces, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Ar­mor Hu­bert P. Main (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Hubert P. Main (1839–1925)

Lyrics

Gird on the roy­al ar­mor,
Go forth in Je­sus’ name;
To those who sit in dark­ness
The Light of Life pro­claim.

Refrain

Gird on the roy­al ar­mor,
That we the foe may face;
And trust­ing our com­mand­er,
Be vic­tors through His grace.

Lift up the roy­al stand­ard,
Go forth our cause to win,
With hel­met, shield and buck­ler,
Against the hosts of sin.

Refrain

With right­eous­ness our breast­plate,
The Spir­it’s sword in hand,
Still con­quer­ing and to con­quer,
Press on at God’s com­mand.

Refrain