A marvelous song by Thomas Arne, set to the music of Isaac Watts, teaches us to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (2 Tim. 2:3)

"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?

Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease. While others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?

Are there no foes for me to face? Must I not stem the flood? Is this vile world a

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