{"slug": "am-i-a-soldier-of-the-cross", "title": "Am I a Soldier of the Cross", "first_line": "Am I a Soldier of the Cross", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1721", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Discipleship", "Christian Warfare", "Courage"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts, \"Holy Fortitude, or the Christian Soldier\" (on 1 Cor. 16:13), first published with his Sermons, 1721; widely reprinted in Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Text from The Cyber Hymnal. Author d. 1748. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Am I a sol -- dier of the cross A fol -- l\u2019wer of the Lamb And shall I fear to own His cause Or blush to speak His name", "prose": ["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": {"syllabified": "Must I be car -- ried to the skies On flow -- \u2019ry beds of ease While oth -- ers fought to win the prize And sailed through blood -- y seas", "prose": ["Must I be carried to the skies", "On flowery beds of ease,", "While others fought to win the prize,", "And sailed through bloody seas?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Are there no foes for me to face Must I not stem the flood Is this vile world a friend to grace To help me on to God", "prose": ["Are there no foes for me to face?", "Must I not stem the flood?", "Is this vile world a friend to grace,", "To help me on to God?"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Sure I must fight if I would reign In -- crease my cour -- age, Lord I\u2019ll bear the toil, en -- dure the pain Sup -- port -- ed by Thy word", "prose": ["Sure I must fight if I would reign;", "Increase my courage, Lord;", "I\u2019ll bear the toil, endure the pain,", "Supported by Thy word."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Thy saints in all this glo -- rious war Shall con -- quer, though they die They view the tri -- umph from a -- far By faith\u2019s dis -- cern -- ing eye", "prose": ["Thy saints in all this glorious war", "Shall conquer, though they die;", "They view the triumph from afar,", "By faith\u2019s discerning eye."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "When that il -- lus -- trious day shall rise And all Thy ar -- mies shine In robes of vic -- t\u2019ry through the skies The glo -- ry shall be Thine", "prose": ["When that illustrious day shall rise,", "And all Thy armies shine", "In robes of victory through the skies,", "The glory shall be Thine."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}