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THE ARMY OF THE LORD.
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The soul of every sinner is the victory they would gain;They would bind each rebel heart in their Master's golden chain:Faith is the shield they carry, and the two-edged sword they bearIs God's strongest, mightiest weapon, and they call it Love and Prayer.
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Where the savage hordes are dwelling by the Ganges' sacred tide,Through the trackless Indian forests, St. Francis is their guide;Where crime and sin are raging, to conquer they are gone;—They do conquer as they go, for St. Philip leads them on.
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They are come where all are kneeling at the shrines of wealth and pride,And an old and martyred Bishop is their comrade and their guide:To tell the toil-worn negro of freedom and repose,O'er the vast Atlantic's bosom they are called by sweet St. Rose.
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They are gone where Love is frozen, and Faith grown calm and cold,Where the world is all triumphant, and the sheep have left the fold,
