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CCLIX. Hark! how the watchmen cry!

1 Hark! how the watchmen cry!
Attend the trumpet's sound;
Stand to your arms! the foe is nigh!
The powers of hell surround:
Who bow to Christ's command,
Your arms and hearts prepare;
The day of battle is at hand!
Go forth to glorious war!

2 See on the mountain-top
The standard of your God!
In Jesu's name I lift it up,
All stain'd with hallow'd blood,
His standard-bearer I
To all the nations call:
Let all to Jesu's cross draw nigh!
He bore the cross for all.

3 Go up with Christ your head,
Your Captain's footsteps see:
Follow your Captain, and be led
To certain victory.
All power to him is given:
He ever reigns the same:
Salvation, happiness, and heaven
Are all in Jesu's name.

4 Only have faith in God:
In faith your foes assail:
Not wrestling against flesh and blood,
But all the powers of hell:
From thrones of glory driven,
By flaming veng'ance hurl'd,
They throng the air, and darken heaven,
And rule the lower world.

Text Information

• First Line: Hark! how the watchmen cry!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Topic: Believers Watching
• Notes: Tune: HANDEL'S MARCH

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