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Christ in Song 336

Attempt His Praise

Words: Charles H. GabrielMusic: George DuffieldTune: Stand Up7, 6, 7, 6, D.

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1Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross! Lift high his royal banner, It must not suffer loss.

2Stand up, stand up for Jesus, The trumpet call obey; Forth to the mighty conflict In this his glorious day.

3Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Stand in his strength alone; The arm of flesh will fail you, Ye dare not trust your own.

4Stand up, stand up for Jesus, The strife will not be long; This day the noise of battle, The next the victor's song.

Meter
7, 6, 7, 6, D.
Scripture
Ephesians 6:11

The verse

Meter
26 · the hymnal prints 7, 6, 7, 6, D.
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 42% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross! Lift high his royal banner, It must not suffer loss./˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/26A

Verse 2

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, The trumpet call obey; Forth to the mighty conflict In this his glorious day./˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/27A

Verse 3

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Stand in his strength alone; The arm of flesh will fail you, Ye dare not trust your own./˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/26A

Verse 4

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, The strife will not be long; This day the noise of battle, The next the victor's song./˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/26A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.