Summoned home, the call has sounded

Summoned home, the call has sounded

Author: Herbert H. Booth
Tune: [Summoned home, the call has sounded]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Summoned home! the call has sounded
Bidding a soldier his warfare cease;
And the song of angels resounding
Welcomes a warrior to eternal peace.
Praise the Lord! From earthly struggles
A comrade has found release.
Death has lost its sting, the grave its victory,
Conflicts and dangers are over;
See him honoured at the throne of glory,
Crowned by the hand of Jehovah.

Refrain:
Strife and sorrow over,
The lord’s true faithful soldier
Has been called to go from the ranks below
To the conquering hast above.

2 Once the sword, but now the sceptre,
Once the fight, now the rest and fame;
Broken every earthly fetter,
Now the glory for the cross and shame;
Once the loss of all for Jesus,
But now the eternal gain.
Trials and sorrows here have now their meaning found,
Mysteries their explanation;
Safe for ever in the sunlight gleaming
Of his eternal salvation.


Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #894

Author: Herbert H. Booth

Herbert Henry Howard Booth (26 August 1862 – 25 September 1926) was the third son of William and Catherine Booth. He oversaw the Limelight Department's development and he was the writer and director for Soldiers of the Cross. See also in: Wikipedia  Go to person page >

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First Line: Summoned home, the call has sounded
Author: Herbert H. Booth
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Strife and sorrow over
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Song Book of the Salvation Army #894

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