477 JUST AS I AM 8.8.8.6. D Sir Joseph Barnby, 1893 4 1 Just as I am, with -out one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me, For other Hymns of Faith in Christ, see under LOVE, AND COMMUNION WITH CHRIST and EVANGELISTIC SERVICES Fight the fight, main-tain the strife, Strengthened with the Bread of Life. AMEN. 2 Onward, Christians, onward go, 3 Shrink not, Christians: will ye yield? 4 Let your drooping hearts be glad; 5 Let not sorrow dim your eye, 6 Onward then to battle move; MARLOW C. M. First 10 lines, Henry K. White, 1806: alt. by Rev. Ed. Bickersteth, 1833, and Arr. from Rev. John Chetham's "Book of Psalmody," 1718 And shall I fear CH to own His cause, Or blush to speak His Name? A - MEN. 2 A cloud of witnesses around . 3 'Tis God's all-animating voice To thine aspiring eye: 481 (MARLOW) C. M. 1 Am I a soldier of the cross, A follower of the Lamb, And shall I fear to own His cause, Or blush to speak His Name? 2 Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, 4 That prize with peerless glories bright, Which shall new lustre boast, When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems Shall blend in common dust. 5 Blest Saviour, introduced by Thee, Have I my race begun; And, crowned with victory, at Thy feet I'll lay my honors down. Rev. Philip Doddridge, publ. 1755 I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, 4 Thy saints, in all this glorious war, Shall conquer, though they die; They view the triumph from afar, While others fought to win the prize, 5 When that illustrious day shall rise, And sailed through bloody seas? 3 Sure I must fight if I would reign: Increase my courage, Lord; And all Thy armies shine In robes of victory through the skies. The glory shall be Thine. Rev. Isaac Watts, 1724 |