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SDA Hymnal 616

Soldiers of Christ, Arise

Words: Charles Wesley

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1Soldiers of Christ, arise,
And put your armor on,
Strong in the strength which God supplies
Through His eternal Son;
Strong in the Lord of hosts,
And in His mighty power,
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts
Is more than conqueror.

2Stand, then, in His great might,
With all His strength endued;
But take, to arm you for the fight,
The panoply of God;
That having all things done,
And all your conflicts passed,
You may o'ercome thro' Christ alone,
And stand entire at last.

3From strength to strength go on;
Wrestle, and fight, and pray;
Tread all the powers of darkness down,
And win the well-fought day;
Still let the Spirit cry,
In all His soldiers, "Come!"
Till Christ the Lord who reigns on high
Shall take the conquerors home.

Scripture
Ephesians 6:10-18

The verse

Meter
6.6.8.6.6.7.8.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 58% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABACDEFG
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Soldiers of Christ, arise,/˘˘/˘/6A
And put your armor on,˘/˘/˘˘6B
Strong in the strength which God supplies/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Through His eternal Son;/˘˘/˘/6C
Strong in the Lord of hosts,/˘˘/˘/6D
And in His mighty power,˘˘˘/˘/˘7E
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts˘˘˘/˘/˘/8F
Is more than conqueror.˘/˘/˘˘6G

Verse 2

Stand, then, in His great might,//˘˘/˘6A
With all His strength endued;˘/˘/˘/6B
But take, to arm you for the fight,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8A
The panoply of God;˘/˘˘˘/6C
That having all things done,˘/˘///6D
And all your conflicts passed,˘/˘˘//6E
You may o'ercome thro' Christ alone,˘˘???//˘/9F
And stand entire at last.˘/˘/˘˘/7E

Verse 3

From strength to strength go on;˘/˘//˘6A
Wrestle, and fight, and pray;/˘˘/˘/6B
Tread all the powers of darkness down,//˘/˘˘/˘/9C
And win the well-fought day;˘/˘??/6B
Still let the Spirit cry,//˘/˘/6D
In all His soldiers, "Come!"˘/˘/˘/6E
Till Christ the Lord who reigns on high//˘/˘/˘/8D
Shall take the conquerors home.˘/˘/˘˘/7F

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.