as a volunteer

a call for loyal soldiers
comes to one and all;
soldiers for the conflict,
will you heed the call?
will you answer quickly,
with a ready cheer,
will you be enlisted
as a volunteer?

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a volunteer for jesus,
a soldier true!
others have enlisted,
why not you?
jesus is the captain,
we will never fear,
will you be enlisted
as a volunteer?

yes, jesus calls for soldiers
who are filled with pow’r,
soldiers who will serve him
ev’ry day and hour;
he will not forsake you,
he is ever near;
will you be enlisted
as a volunteer?

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he calls you, for he loves you
with a heart most kind,
he whose heart was broken,
broken for mankind;
now, just now, he calls you,
calls in accents clear,
will you be enlisted
as a volunteer?

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and when the war is over,
and the vict’ry won,
when the true and faithful
gather one by one,
he will crown with glory
all who there appear;
will you be enlisted
as a volunteer?

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