Be Strong! Be Soldiers True!

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Be strong! Be Strong! Be soldiers true

Author: Flora Kirkland
Tune: [Be strong! Be Strong! Be soldiers true]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Be strong! Be Strong! Be soldiers true,
Your Captain’s bidding bravely do;
He orders ever what is right;
O trust his wisdom, love and might.

Chorus:
Be strong! Be Strong!
Be strong in Christ the Lord,
And ever, ever act upon his word!
Be brave! Be true!
For strength and help he’ll give
To all who in his love and in his precepts live.

2 Be strong! Be Strong! He doth provide
Full armor—cast it not aside;
With sword and helmet bright arrayed,
The foe shall find you undismayed. [Chorus]

3 Be strong! Be Strong In earnest pray’r,
For strength is only granted there;
O seek your Captain’s will to do;
Be soldiers brave and strong and true. [Chorus]

Source: Inspiring Songs No. 1: for the Sunday school #80

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Author: Flora Kirkland

Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Be strong! Be Strong! Be soldiers true
Title:	Be Strong! Be Soldiers True!
Author:	Flora Kirkland
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Be strong! Be Strong
Publication Date:	1906
Copyright:	Public Domain