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Let us not sleep, as do others.
1 Thess. 5:6.
Sleep not, soldier of the cross!
Foes are lurking all around;
Look not here to find repose;
This is but thy battle-ground;
2 Up! and take thy shield and sword;
Up! it is the call of heaven:
Shrink not faithless from the Lord:
Nobly strive as he hath striven.
3 Break through all the force of ill;
Tread the might of passion down—
Struggling onward, onward still,
To the conquering Saviour’s crown!
4 Through the midst of toil and pain,
Let this thought ne’er leave thy breast:
Every triumph thou dost gain
Makes more sweet thy coming rest.
Gaskell.