Scripture Verse

All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12

Introduction

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Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 306. Persecution to be expected by every true Christian.

Music: Elim (Great­or­ex) Hen­ry W. Great­or­ex, 1849 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

Great Lead­er of Thine Is­ra­el’s host,
We shout Thy con­quer­ing name;
Legions of foes be­set Thee round,
And le­gions fled with shame.

A vic­to­ry glo­ri­ous and com­plete
Thou by Thy death didst gain;
So in Thy cause may we con­tend,
And death it­self sus­tain.

By our il­lus­tri­ous gen­er­al sired,
We no ex­tremes would fear;
Prepared to strug­gle and to bleed,
If Thou, our Lord, be near.

We’ll trace the foot­steps Thou hast drawn
To tri­umph and re­nown;
Nor shun Thy com­bat and Thy cross,
May we but share Thy crown.