The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/My Soul, Be on Thy Guard

by George Heath(Laban by Lowell Mason)

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My Soul, Be on Thy Guard

(LABAN. S.M.)

George Heath, 1781

Lowell Mason, 1830

1. My soul, be on thy guard ;
   Ten thousand foes arise;
   The hosts of sin are pressing hard
   To draw thee from the skies.
   
   
2. O watch, and fight, and pray;
   The battle ne'er give O'er
   Renew it boldly every day,
   And help divine implore.
   
3. Ne'er think the victory won,
   Nor lay thine armor down;
   Thy arduous work will not be done
   Till thou obtain thy crown,
   
4. Fight on, my soul, till death
   Shall bring thee to thy God ;
   He'll take thee, at thy parting breath,
   Up to his blest abode. Amen