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Christ in Song 454

Strike for Victory

Words: Mrs. M. A. KidderMusic: W. H. Doane

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1Strike! O strike for vic-to-ry, Sol-diers of the Lord, Hop-ing in His mer-cy, Trust-ing in His word;
What to you the night has been, let now the day be; En-e-mies are march-ing, Foe-men gather strong,
Gird! O gird for bat-tle, Haste to the field, Trust-ing in His pow-er, Je-sus is your shield;
Long to fight a good fight, Hearb to heart is won, Let us still keep press-ing Till our journey's done.

RefrainStrike! strike for vic-to-ry, He can hold; Strike! till the vic-t'ry You be-hold;
Fight! fight the good fight, the good fight of faith, Meet them in glo-ry Ev-er-more.

2Lift the gos-pel ban-ner High a-bove the world, Let its folds of beau-ty Ev-er be un-furled;
Do not fear the march-ing on-ward, though the fight Till we reach the Jor-dan With our ban-ners bright;
See the cross of Cal-v'ry Gleam-ing in the light, With the shin-ing gar-ments And the vic-tor's crown,
Till we see the ar-gels Come in glo-ry down.

Scripture
1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7

Copyright, 1891, by W. H. Doane. Used by permission

The verse

Meter
23.23.21.23
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 52% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Strike! O strike for vic-to-ry, Sol-diers of the Lord, Hop-ing in His mer-cy, Trust-ing in His word;/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/23A
What to you the night has been, let now the day be; En-e-mies are march-ing, Foe-men gather strong,˘˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘??/˘/23B
Gird! O gird for bat-tle, Haste to the field, Trust-ing in His pow-er, Je-sus is your shield;/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/21C
Long to fight a good fight, Hearb to heart is won, Let us still keep press-ing Till our journey's done./˘/˘//?˘/˘//˘///˘//˘/˘/23D

Verse 2

Lift the gos-pel ban-ner High a-bove the world, Let its folds of beau-ty Ev-er be un-furled;/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/22A
Do not fear the march-ing on-ward, though the fight Till we reach the Jor-dan With our ban-ners bright;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/23B
See the cross of Cal-v'ry Gleam-ing in the light, With the shin-ing gar-ments And the vic-tor's crown,/˘/˘??/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/22C
Till we see the ar-gels Come in glo-ry down./˘/˘??/˘/˘/11C

Refrain

Strike! strike for vic-to-ry, He can hold; Strike! till the vic-t'ry You be-hold;//˘/˘˘˘˘///˘??˘˘/17A
Fight! fight the good fight, the good fight of faith, Meet them in glo-ry Ev-er-more.//˘//˘//˘//˘˘/˘/˘/18B

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.