CCCVI. Persecution to be expected by every true Christian.

GREAT Leader of thine Israel's Host,
We shout thy conqu'ring Name;
Legions of Foes beset Thee round,
And Legions fled with Shame.

A Vict'ry glorious and compleat
Thou by thy Death didst gain;
So in thy Cause may we contend,
And Death itself sustain.

By our illustrious Gen'ral fir'd,
We no Extremes would fear;
Prepar'd to struggle and to bleed,
If thou, our Lord, be near.

We'll trace the Footsteps thou hast drawn
To Triumph and Renown;
Nor shun thy Combate and thy Cross,
May we but share thy Crown.