The Christian Soldier’s Easter Hymn

Soldiers

awake! This is the fes­tal hour;

Forth from the grave the Sav­ior Christ hath ris’n;

Garland the cross with flow­ers and frag­rant wreaths;

The Sav­ior lives

and death no more hath pow­er

Soldiers

arouse

and ban­ish Lent­en gloom;

Let sac­red joy this East­er morn at­tend;

Jesus hath burst the migh­ty bands of death

And ho­ly an­gels guard the riv­en tomb.

Soldiers

to pray­er! Kneel first this bless­èd day

To Him

the Lord of hosts

the King of kings;

See on your ban­ner His re­deem­ing cross

And there your mot­to

Ev­er watch and pray.

Soldiers

to arms! Forth to life’s bat­tle­field

The Spir­it’s sword your on­ly trust shall be

While on your brow sal­va­tion’s hel­met rests

And Christ­ian faith pro­tects you as a shield.

Soldiers

sa­lute

with Heav’n’s tri­umph­ant host

Jesus

the Prince of Peace

the Con­quer­or!

Yield Him the hom­age due Al­migh­ty God;

Worship the Fa­ther

Son

and Ho­ly Ghost.