We'll Be Heroes

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We'll be heroes, we'll be heroes

Author: Anonymous (1878)
Tune: [We'll be heroes, we'll be heroes]
Published in 13 hymnals

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1 We’ll be heroes, we’ll be heroes
When the battle is fierce;
When the raging storm louder grows
Will our courage increase
By the cross.

2 We shall conquer, we shall conquer
Through the blood of the Lamb;
We will ne’er retreat, though we die,
Till the conquest we’ve won
By the cross.

3 We are rising, we are rising,
And the foe shall be driv’n;
Then as warriors brave, let us sing,
We have vict’ry and heav’n
By the cross.

4 When we’re dying, when we’re dying
In the arms of His love,
On the wings of faith we’ll ascend
To the palace of God
By the cross.

Songs and Music [Salvation Army], 1922 (Timeless Truths)

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Author: Anonymous

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