Scripture Verse

…taking the shield of faith…the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Ephesians 6:16-17

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in The Ser­vice of Praise, ed­it­ed by J. Lin­coln Hall et al. (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1900), num­ber 39. Some hymn­als give the ly­ri­cist as H. D. K., one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Aceh Ar­thur Ber­ridge, 1900 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ber­ridge (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Lift aloft the cross of Je­sus,
Hold it high and strong;
Shout the name of Him who saves us,
Swell the bat­tle song.
Forward, sol­diers, bold and fear­less,
Hear the call of God;
Prove your cour­age in the con­flict,
Tread where brave men trod.

Refrain

Lift aloft the cross of Je­sus,
Hold it high and strong;
Shout the name of Him who saves us,
Swell the bat­tle song.
Faith our shield and hope our hel­met,
Satan’s hosts we face;
Marshaled in the might of Je­sus,
Win we by His grace.

Catch the or­der of our cap­tain,
Wield the Spir­it’s sword;
Onward, fear­less, press to con­quer,
Slaying with His word.
They shall share the glad ho­san­na,
Who on Him be­lieve;
They shall ’neath His roy­al ban­ner
Crowns of life re­ceive.

Refrain