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SDAH 616

Soldiers of Christ,arise,
And put your armor on,
Strong in the strength which God supplies
Through His eternal Son

Text

1
Soldiers 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.

2
Stand 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,
Ye may o’ercome through Christ alone,
And stand entire at last.

3
From 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.

Hymn Info

Biblical Reference
(a) Eph 6:10, 11 (b) Eph 6:13 (c) Eph 6:12, 18

Author
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Copyright
Arrangement copyright 1984 by Melvin West

Hymn Tune
DIADEMATA

Metrical Number
S.M.D.

Composer
George J. Elvey (1816-1893)

Arranged
Melvin West, 1984 (1930-)

Year Composed
1868

Alternate Harmony
SDAH 223

Hymn Score

Piano Accompaniment

Recommended Reading

The general idea when it comes to hymns is that there is a close bond between the author and the composer. That the author writes a hymn and the composer invents a tune to suit it, and then provides the harmony to accompany the tune. However, such wasn’t always the case.

Many hymns actually worked vice versa wherein authors would write verses according to existing tunes. Hundreds of hymns are sung from borrowed tunes, such as secular songs, chants, and even classical works. That being said, I went ahead and researched which hymns in the SDA Hymnal were originally classical works.

Notes

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