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THE MARTYRS

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 6, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 19.

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THE MARTYRS.

By Charles Wesley

[Written by CHARLES WESLEY, after walking over Smithfield.]
Hail! holy martyrs, glorious names, Who nobly have for Jesus stood, Rejoiced and clapped your hands in flames, And dared to seal the truth with blood!
Strong in the Lord, divinely strong; Fortunes and death ye have defied; Demons and men, a gazing throng, Ye braved, and more than conquering, died;
Father, if now thy breath revives In us the pure, primeval flames, The power which animates our lives, Can make us in our deaths the same,
Can out of weakness make us strong, Arming as in the ancient days, Loosing the stammering infant's tongue, And perfecting in babes thy praise.
Steadfast we then shall stand, and sure Thy everlasting truth to prove, In faith's assurance secure, In all the omnipotence of love.
Come holy, holy, holy Lord, The Father, Son, and Spirit, come; Be mindful of thy changeless word, And make the faithful soul thy home!
Arm of the Lord, awake, awake! In us thy glorious self reveal; Let us thy sevenfold gift partake, Let us thy mighty working feel.
Near us assisting, Jesus, stand, Give us the open heaven to see, Thee to behold at God's right hand, And yield our parting souls to thee.
My Father, O my Father, hear, And send the fiery chariot down, Let Israel's flaming steeds appear, And whirl us to the starry crown!
We, we would die for Jesus too! Through tortures, fires, and seas of blood, All, all, triumphantly break through, And plunge into the depths of God!