Volunteers Are Wanted

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Volunteers are wanted for the army of the Lord

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [Volunteers are wanted for the army of the Lord]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Volunteers are wanted for the army of the Lord,
Soldiers who will keep the field and wield a faithful sword,
Men who will not recreant be, nor from the foeman run,
Such as can be counted on till the victory is won.

Refrain:
Hark! the clarion call is sounding!
Loud and long the bugles blow!
Who will volunteer for Jesus,
And with him to battle go?

2 Volunteers are wanted for the army of the Lord,
Men whose courage will not fail at sight of flame or sword,
Men who fear not cannon peal, nor shrink from shot and shell,
Such as can be counted on to do their duty well. [Refrain]

3 Volunteers are wanted for the army of the Lord,
Men whose hearts will cling in faith to God’s unfailing Word,
Men whose hands will wield the blade the earnest struggle through,
Such as can be counted on to faithful be and true. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.2 #239

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Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Volunteers are wanted for the army of the Lord
Title:	Volunteers Are Wanted
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Hark, the clarion call is sounding
Copyright:	Public Domain