...added, "you should have seen President Eliot standing erect in a front pew and singing with vigor: Am I a soldier of the Cross, A follower of the Lamb?" The retort of the great preacher was instantaneous, accompanied by a hearty chuckle, "Asking for information...

...president of our university, standing on the platform, hymn-book in hand and singing with the rest of us: " 'Am I a soldier of the cross? A follower of the Lamb?'" " I don't find anything remarkable in that," Parks returned, " you see, as a Unitarian, he was simply...

...man lay in him became his legacy to the succeeding generations. CHAPTER VI SATELLITES OF WHITEFIELD Am I a soldier of the cross, A follower of the Lamb,...fear to own His cause Or blush to speak His name? CHARLES WESLEY. WHILE Whitefield like a meteor was flashing across the American horizon, lesser luminaries,...

...Brooks the impressive appearance of President Eliot standing in a front pew and .singing lustily, >fO .. Am I a soldier of the Cross, A follower of the Lamb? the chuckling comment of Brooks, quite alive to Eliot's Unitarian sympathies, was, "Asking for information...

...Dr. Watts, who wrote a few excellent hymns in faultless rhymes, nodded like Homer when he penned " ' Am I a soldier of the cross ? A follower of the Lamb, And shall I fear to own His cause (cos), Or blush to speak His name (nam)?' A stanza hardly better than the well-known " ' Here I raise...

...Book of all. — MJ Smith Character A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS Am I a soldier of the cross, A follow'r 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...

...win for us eternal glory and bliss.—Saintf Herald, vol. 50, page 128. Did you ever sing the song: Am I a soldier of the cross, A follower of the Lamb? And then did you ever sing: Let us then be valiant soldiers In the army of the Lord? Did you ever think...

...parody of an early and familiar "Dr Watts' hymn, / Do Believe. The original stanza by Isaac Watts asked: Am I a soldier of the Cross, A follower of the Lamb And shall 1 fear to own his cause, Or blush to speak His name? Clearly there were no blushes on Holmes and Turner's...

...Sure I must fight if I would reign- In - crease my cour-age, Lord! FF [: ip: ppf if ff fi J'.'l Ij J And shall I fear to own His cause Or blush to speak His name? While oth - ers fought to win the prize And sailed thru blood -y seas? Is this vile world a friend...

...mother's son of us 15 A mother's song is dear." Then sweetly rose the singer's voice, Amid unwonted calm: "Am I a soldier of the cross A follower of the lamb." 20 "And shall I fear lo own his cause" Every heart seemed stilled, And hearts that never throbbed with...