Soldier of Christ, in his great might
A warfare at his cost I go,
’Gainst sin, the world, and Satan fight,
’Till nature meets her latest foe;
Patient I wait my Lord’s command
To lay my arms and body down,
And then receive from Jesu’s hand
The labourer’s hire, the victor’s crown.
Soldier of Christ, in His great might
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Fight the good fight of faith.”—[1 Tim.] vi. 12. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 103.
Publishing: Public Domain