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The Son of God is gone to war, A kingly crown to gain; His blood-red banner streams afar; Who follows in his train? —Who best can drink his cup of woe, Triumphant over pain; Who boldest bears his cross below,— He follows in his train. The martyr first, whose eagle-eye Could pierce beyond the grave; Who saw his Master in the sky, And call’d on him to save: Like him, with pardon on his tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He pray’d for them who did the wrong: —Who follows in the train?
The Son of God is gone to war, A kingly crown to gain; His blood-red banner streams afar; Who follows in his train? —Who best can drink his cup of woe, Triumphant over pain; Who boldest bears his cross below,— He follows in his train. The martyr first, whose eagle-eye Could pierce beyond the grave; Who saw his Master in the sky, And call’d on him to save: Like him, with pardon on his tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He pray’d for them who did the wrong: —Who follows in the train?
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 378 · printed citation: Heber · subject: MARTYRDOM
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