Sunday's Hymn: Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus

Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
Ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high his royal banner,
It must not suffer loss:
From vict’ry unto vict’ry
His army he shall lead,
Till ev’ry foe is vanquished
And Christ is Lord indeed.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
The trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict
In this his glorious day:
Ye that are men now serve him
Against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger,
And strength to strength oppose.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
Stand in his strength alone;
The arm of flesh will fail you,
Ye dare not trust your own:
Put on the gospel armor,
Each piece put on with pray’r;
Where duty calls, or danger,
Be never wanting there.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor’s song:
To him that overcometh
A crown of life shall be;
He with the King of Glory
Shall reign eternally.

—George Duffield, Jr. 

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• Faithful Shepherd, Feed Me at The Happy Wonderer
• Walking With God at The Upward Call
• Stayed Upon Jehovah at Jam and Books
• Lord’s Day 2, 2016 at The Thirsty Theologian
• God Enjoyed at Tried With Fire
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: Healing of soul and body at Pyromaniacs

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Sunday's Hymn: Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray

Rise, my soul, to watch and pray,
From thy sleep awaken;
Be not by the evil day
Unawares o’ertaken.
For the foe,
Well we know,
Oft his harvest reapeth
While the Christian sleepeth.

Watch against the devil’s snares
Lest asleep he find thee;
For indeed no pains he spares
To deceive and blind thee.
Satan’s prey
Oft are they
Who secure are sleeping
And no watch are keeping.

Watch! Let not the wicked world
With its pow’r defeat thee.
Watch lest with her pomp unfurled
She betray and cheat thee.
Watch and see
Lest there be
Faithless friends to charm thee,
Who but seek to harm thee.

Watch against thyself, my soul,
Lest with grace thou trifle;
Let not self thy thoughts control
Nor God’s mercy stifle.
Pride and sin
Lurk within
All thy hopes to scatter;
Heed not when they flatter.

But while watching, also pray
To the Lord unceasing.
He will free thee, be thy stay,
Strength and faith increasing.
O Lord, bless
In distress
And let nothing swerve me
From the will to serve thee.

—Johann B. Freystein, translated by Catherine Winkworth

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• Another Year Is Dawning at The Happy Wonderer
• On man, in his own image made at The Upward Call
• Lord’s Day 1, 2016 at The Thirsty Theologian
• The Trinity at Tried With Fire
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: Beware of the walking dead! at Pyromaniacs

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Sunday's Hymn: All Praise to Thee, Eternal God

All praise to thee, Eternal God,
Clothed in a garb of flesh and blood;
Choosing a manger for thy throne,
While worlds on worlds are thine alone.

Once did the skies before thee bow;
A Virgin’s arms contain thee now:
Angels who did in thee rejoice
Now listen for thine infant voice.

A little Child, thou art our Guest,
That weary ones in thee may rest;
Forlorn and lowly is thy birth,
That we may rise to heav’n from earth.

Thou comest in the darksome night
To make us children of the light,
To make us, in the realms divine,
Like thine own angels round thee shine.

All this for us thy love hath done;
By this to thee our love is won:
For this we tune our cheerful lays,
And shout our thanks in ceaseless praise.

—Martin Luther

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• Shine Thou Upon Us, Lord at The Happy Wonderer
• I Will Praise the Lord at All Times at The Upward Call
• Christ’s Two Appearings at Tried With Fire
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: When new is old at Pyromaniacs

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