

                       "Rise, Ye Children of Salvation"
                         by Justus Falckner, 1672-1723
                    Translated by Emma R. Bevan, 1827-1909
                                  Text From:
                      THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
              (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.333



	1. Rise, ye children of salvation,
	All who cleave to Christ, the Head.
	Wake, arise, O mighty nation,
	Ere the Foe on Zion tread.
	He draws nigh and would defy
	All the hosts of God Most High.
	
	2. Saints and heroes long before us
	Firmly o this ground have stood;
	See their banner waving o'er us,
	Conquerors through the Savior's blood.
	Ground we hold whereon of old
	Fought the faithful and the bold.
	
	3. Fighting, we shall be victorious
	By the blood of Christ, our Lord;
	On our foreheads, bright and glorious,
	Shines the witness of His Word;
	Spear and shield on battle-field,
	His great name we cannot yield.
	
	4. When His servants stand before Him,
	Each receiving his reward;
	When His saints in light adore Him,
	Giving glory to the Lord,
	"Victory!" our songs shall be 
	Like the thunder of the sea.

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        Text from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_:
        Hymn #472
        Text: Jude 3
        Author: Justus Falckner, 1697, cento
        Translated by: Emma R. Bevan, 1858
        Titled: "Auf, ihr Christen, Christi Glieder"
        Composer: Joachim Neander, 1680
        Tune: "Neander"
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