Marching orders

Like the warriors of old

Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson
Tune: [Like the warriors of old]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Like the warriors of old we’re enlisted today,
Under Christ, the mighty Captain, driving sin away;
In his armor we’re clad, at his word we obey,
And we’re ready when our marching orders come.

Refrain:
Then we fall in line, as our Captain’s voice we hear,
At his welcome sign in his presence we appear,
While a shout of ringing triumph echoes far and near,
When our marching orders come. [Refrain]

2 With his word for our sword, with our faith for a shield,
Ev’ry enemy we’ll conquer, ev’ry foe will yield;
All the weapons of truth he has taught us to wield,
And to answer when our marching orders come. [Refrain]

3 So we serve him with joy and we trust in his might,
And we welcome ev’ry conflict in the cause of right;
In the praise of his name all his soldiers unite,
As we gather when our marching orders come. [Refrain]

Source: His Worthy Praise #114

Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson

Edith J. Sanford Tillotson, 1876-1968 Born: 1876, New York Buried: Sleepy Hollow, New York Daughter of How­ard Eden and Fran­ces Ann Cul­yer San­ford, Edith was liv­ing with her fam­i­ly New­town, Queens, New York Ci­ty in 1880, & was still in New York in 1900. She mar­ried Wes­ley Wall­a­ce Til­lot­son, ap­par­ent­ly be­fore 1910. Her works include: The Build­ers (ed­it­or) (New York: Tull­ar Mer­e­dith Com­pa­ny, 1915) Lyrics-- All for Je­sus, All for Je­sus All Hail, Bless­ed Day All That Our Lord from His Child­ren Re­quires All the World for Je­sus All the World Re­joices All These Hap­py Youth­ful Days All Things True and Beau­ti­ful All This HapÂ… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Like the warriors of old
Title: Marching orders
Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson
Refrain First Line: Then we fall in line

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Instances (2)TextImageAudioScore
His Worthy Praise #114TextImageAudio
Songs for the Sunday School #82Image