Scripture Verse

Stand…having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness. Ephesians 6:14

Introduction

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W. Warren Bentley (1845–1926)

Words: Ida Whip­ple, in the Song Ga­rland, ed­it­ed by J. Will­iam Suf­fern (Cleve­land, Ohio: S. Brain­ard & Sons, 1869), page 99.

Music: Hi­lo W. War­ren Bent­ley, 1869 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

We’ll all stand up for Je­sus,
The cap­tain of our band,
Who leads His lit­tle ar­my,
Safe to the pro­mised land.
Though pe­rils may en­com­pass,
Though storms may low­er above,
We’ll all stand up for Je­sus,
Who shields us with His love.

The foe is round about us,
They press on ev­ery side,
They war and fight against us,
With envy, hate and pride;
But Je­sus leads the bat­tle,
And so we can­not fail,
Though foe­men with­out num­ber
Our less­er ranks as­sail.

We’ll all stand up for Je­sus,
The lov­ing and the brave,
Who died a death of ang­uish
Our wan­der­ing souls to save;
And now He lives to bless us,
To lead our lit­tle band,
Through all the storms and dan­gers,
Into the pro­mised land.