My Soul, Be On Thy Guard

Words:
George Heath
Music:
Lowell Mason

Sheet music

  1. 1My soul, be on thy guard;Ten thousand foes arise;The hosts of sin are pressing hardTo draw thee from the skies.O watch, and fight, and pray;The battle ne’er give o’er;Renew it boldly ev‘ry day,And help divine implore.
  2. 2Ne’er think the vic-t’ry won,Nor lay thine armor down;The work of faith will not be done,Till thou obtain the crown.Fight on, my soul, till deathShall bring thee to thy God;He’ll take thee, at thy parting breath,To His divine abode.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1761, the words are in 1,471 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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