Refrain:
Die in the field of battle,
Die in the war,
Die in the field of battle,
Glory in my soul.
1 How lost was my condition
When Jesus made me whole,
There is but one Physician,
Come, cure the sin-sick soul. [Refrain]
2 We'll fight for Him who frees us,
And conquer tho' we die;
We'll lose our lives for Jesus,
And find them by and by. [Refrain]
3 O come and join this army,
And battle for the right;
Let not all hell alarm thee,
We're sure to win the fight. [Refrain]
Source: His Fullness Songs #215
John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumultuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >
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