The Conflict of the Ages

Lo, the conflict of the ages is upon us today

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [Lo, the conflict of the ages is upon us today]
Published in 10 hymnals

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1. Lo, the conflict of the ages is upon us today,
And the armies are assembling all in battle array;
Are you numbered with the faithful, one of God’s loyal few,
Who have sworn Him full allegiance? can He count upon you?

Refrain
Have your eyes caught the vision?
Have your hearts felt the thrill?
To the call of the Master do you answer, I will?
For the conflict of the ages, told by prophets and by sages,
In its fury is upon us, is upon us today.

2. Catch the vision of a lost world going downward in sin,
While the Master’s great commission long unheeded has been;
See the children of the kingdom joined in heart and in hand,
Pressing forward in the struggle to redeem this fair land. [Refrain]

3. See the Church of God awaking and with glorious zest
She is laying on her altars now her noblest and blest;
T’ward the final consummation we are hastening on,
And the time for loyal service will forever be done. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #1049

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line: Lo, the conflict of the ages is upon us today
Title: The Conflict of the Ages
Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Have your eyes caught the vision
Copyright: Public Domain

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