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CHRISTIAN
SOLDIER.
C.
M.
"Watch
ye,
stand
fast
in
the
faith,
quit
you
like
men,
be
strong."-1
COR.
16:
13.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1709.
Key
of
G
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
F.
PRICE
1832.
1.
{
Am
I
a
sol
-
dier
of
the
cross,
A
fol
-
low'r
of
the
Lamb?
And
shall
I
fear
to
own
His
cause,
Or
blush
to
speak
His
name?}
Must
I
be
car
-
ried
2.
{
Are
there
no
foes
for
me
to
face?
Must
I
not
stem
the
flood?
Is
this
vile
world
a
friend
to
grace,
To
help
me
on
to
God?
}
Sure
I
must
fight
if
to
the
skies
On
flow
-
'ry
beds
of
ease,
While
oth
-
ers
fought
to
win
the
prize,
And
sailed
through
blood-y
seas?
I
would
reign;
In
-
crease
my
cour-age,
Lord,
I'll
bear
the
toil,
en
-
dure
the
pain,
Sup
-
port
-
ed
by
Thy
word.
The
hymn
in
the
above
tune
was
first
entitled
"
Holy
Fortitude."
It
was
published
after
Mr.
Watts
had
preached
a
sermon
from
First
Corinthians
16:
13,
in
1709.
We
can
find
no
data
whatever
of
Mr.
Price,
the
author
of
the
music.
It
was
published
by
William
Walker,
in
"
Southern
Harmony,"
page
45,
1835.