The Service of the Lord Means Victory

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Put on the armor of the gospel

Author: C. Austin Miles
Tune: [Put on the armor of the Gospel]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Put on the armor of the Gospel,
Nor fear the mighty foe;
With the Cross of Christ before us,
In confidence we go.

Refrain:
The service of the Lord means “Victory,”
Glad victory, sure victory!
Then willingly we hear His “Follow me,”
Who leads to heights sublime.
We’ll follow in His footsteps ev’ry day,
His promise shall sustain us all the way;
The service of the Lord means “Victory,”
Yes, victory all the time.

2 With faith we storm the heights before us,
And ever upward climb;
For to follow where He leads us
Means vict’ry all the time. [Refrain]

3 Then let us never be discouraged,
But always of good cheer;
Tho’ the vict’ry seems far distant,
We know it must be near. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #278

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Author: C. Austin Miles

Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Put on the armor of the gospel
Title:	The Service of the Lord Means Victory
Author:	C. Austin Miles
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	The service of the Lord means "Victory"
Publication Date:	1921
Copyright:	Public Domain