Persecution to be Expected by Every True Christian

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Great leader of thine Israel's host

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 10 hymnals

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1 Great leader of thine Israel's host,
We shout thy conquering name;
Legions of foes beset thee round,
And legions fled with shame.

2 A victory glorious and complete
Thou by thy death didst gain;
So in thy cause may we contend,
And death itself sustain.

3 By our illustrious general fir'd,
We no extremes would fear;
Prepar'd to struggle and to bleed,
If you, our Lord, be near.

4 We'll trace the footsteps then hast drawn
To triumph and renown;
Nor shun thy combat and thy cross,
May we but share thy crown.

Source: A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #CLIII

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Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Great leader of thine Israel's host
Title:	Persecution to be Expected by Every True Christian
Author:	Philip Doddridge
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain