{"id":9220,"date":"2025-12-14T10:16:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-609-am-i-a-soldier-of-the-cross-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:51","slug":"hymn-609-am-i-a-soldier-of-the-cross-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-609-am-i-a-soldier-of-the-cross-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 609 AM I A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS? Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 609 AM I A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS? Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.<br \/>\nAm I a soldier of the cross,<br \/>\nA follower of the Lamb,<br \/>\nAnd shall I fear to own His cause,<br \/>\nOr blush to speak His name?<\/p>\n<p>2.<br \/>\nMust I be carried to the skies<br \/>\nOn flowery beds of ease,<br \/>\nWhile others fought to win the prize,<br \/>\nAnd sailed through bloody seas?<\/p>\n<p>3.<br \/>\nAre there no foes for me to face?<br \/>\nMust I not stem the flood?<br \/>\nIs this vile world a friend to grace,<br \/>\nTo help me on to God?<\/p>\n<p>4.<br \/>\nSure I must fight, if I would reign;<br \/>\nIncrease my courage, Lord<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll bear the toil, endure the pain,<br \/>\nSupported by Thy word<\/p>\n<p>5.<br \/>\nThy saints in all this glorious war<br \/>\nShall conquer though they die;<br \/>\nThey see the triumph from afar,<br \/>\nBy faith they bring it nigh<\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\nWhen that illustrious day shall rise,<br \/>\nAnd all Thy armies shine<br \/>\nIn robes of victory through the skies,<br \/>\nThe glory shall be Thine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 609 AM I A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS? Lyrics &nbsp; 1. Am I a soldier of the cross, A follower of the Lamb, And shall I fear to own His cause, Or blush to speak His name? 2. Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}