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Am I a Soldier of the Cross? Hymn 1

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, no. 1.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 1

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

2,211 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

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a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

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?

The passage it draws on most

Its book prints no verse above this hymn. Of the verses its lines share most wording with, this is the one the whole hymn draws on, chosen by an AI model from those the word matching found. Not the author's own heading.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE OPEN IT BESIDE THE PAGE

Its place in the book

Hymns and Spiritual Songs holds these hymns in this order: 1 hymns. This is number 1. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 1 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Am I a Soldier of the Cross?

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 15 passages in 10 books. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 1

John 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

Philippians 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

2 TIMOTHY 2:3ECHOED IN STANZA I

3Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (1)

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