Classic Poem

Be sober, vigilant, and stout;
For every day and hour,
Your foe, the devil, walks about,
Still seeking to devour.

Whom, by a steady faith resist,
In Christ the Captain's name;
Knowing your fellow-soldiers blest,
Your warfare is the same.

But may the God, and source of all
Your grace and warlike store,
Who did by Jesus Christ you call
To his eternal glore:

After your short while's suff'ring now,
May he perfect you all,
Establish, strengthen, settle you,
Firm like a brazen wall.

To him whose all-sufficiency
Alone can thus sustain,
All glory and dominion be
For evermore. Amen.