LYRICS
| Meter: | IRREGULAR
| | Writer(s): | Jane Eliza Leeson
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| | Dates: |
| | Bible Refs: |
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 66
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MUSIC
| Name: | RESOLUTION
| | Meter: | IRREGULAR
| | Writer(s): | Anonymous
| | Dates: | 1867
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 Believers Hymn Book
| 66
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| Believers Hymn Book
| 314
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| 1. Have ye counted the cost,
Have ye counted the cost,
Ye warriors of the Cross?
Are ye fixed in heart
for your Master’s sake,
To suffer all earthly loss?
Can ye bear the scoff
of the worldly-wise,
As ye pass by pleasure’s bower,
To watch with you Lord
on the mountain-top,
Through the dreary midnight hour?
2. Ye may drink of His cup,
Ye may drink of His cup,
And in His baptism share!
Ye shall nor fail,
if ye tread in His steps
His blood-stained Cross to bear.
But count ye the cost;
O count ye the cost!
That ye by not unprepared!
And know ye the strength
that alone can stand
In the conflict ye have dared!
3. In the power of His might,
In the power of His might,
Who was made
through weakness strong,
Ye shall overcome in the fearful fight,
And sing His vict’ry song!
By the blood of the Lamb,
by the blood of the Lamb,
By the faithful witness Word,
Not loving your lives
unto death for Him,
Ye shall triumph with your Lord!
4. O the banner of love!
O the banner of love!
It will cost you a pang to hold!
But ‘twill float in triumph
the field above,
Through you heart’s blood stain its fold.
Ye may count the cost,
ye may count the cost
Of all Egyptia’s treasure!
But the riches of Christ ye cannot count;
His love ye cannot measure.
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