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Cross of Christ! lead onward,
Through the holy war;
In this sign we conquer
Now and evermore.
Not of man the power,
Not to man the fame;
We are victors only
In our Leader’s name.
Through the holy war;
In this sign we conquer
Now and evermore.
Not of man the power,
Not to man the fame;
We are victors only
In our Leader’s name.
Cross of Christ! lead onward,
Through the holy war;
In this sign we conquer
Now and evermore.
Through the holy war;
In this sign we conquer
Now and evermore.
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Not with pomp and pageant,
Not in earthly pride;
We must fight our battles
Like the Crucified.
Overcome by suff’ring,
Conquer through defeat;
Tried and tested daily
In the furnace heat.
Not in earthly pride;
We must fight our battles
Like the Crucified.
Overcome by suff’ring,
Conquer through defeat;
Tried and tested daily
In the furnace heat.
3
Kind, yet we are fighting,
Bold, yet humbly meek;
Resting while we’re working,
Strong, but ever weak.
Timid, though courageous,
Gaining as we give;
Crucified with Jesus,
Yet, in Him, we live.
Bold, yet humbly meek;
Resting while we’re working,
Strong, but ever weak.
Timid, though courageous,
Gaining as we give;
Crucified with Jesus,
Yet, in Him, we live.
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By a cloud encompassed,
Witnesses to prove,
Saints, apostles, prophets,
Precious ones we love;
While “advance!” is sounding,
Mounts the battle thrill.
Cross of Christ! lead onward
Where the Captain will.
Witnesses to prove,
Saints, apostles, prophets,
Precious ones we love;
While “advance!” is sounding,
Mounts the battle thrill.
Cross of Christ! lead onward
Where the Captain will.
5
Marching in the pathway
That the Master trod,
Walks One daily with us
Like the Son of God.
To the end enduring,
Armor ne’er laid down,
Till the Cross leads upward
To the blood-bought crown.
That the Master trod,
Walks One daily with us
Like the Son of God.
To the end enduring,
Armor ne’er laid down,
Till the Cross leads upward
To the blood-bought crown.
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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Russell Kelso Carter was ordained into the Methodist ministry and became an active leader in the Holiness camp meeting movement. He was a professor of chemistry, natural science, civil engineering, and mathematics at Pennsylvania Military Academy as well as a sheep rancher in California. He wrote a number of textbooks and novels, assisted in the compilation of a hymn book with A. B. Simpson, and in later years became a practicing physician in Baltimore. - Songs of the Spirit by Martin
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3rd stanza, 1st line of the original says: Panoplied in graces,
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4th stanza, 2nd line of the original says: Witnesses above;