Who's on the Lord's Side?

This morning Juliet and I were discussing this hymn. Who's on the Lord's side? Who? Hymn number 260 in the LDS hymn book. We tried singing it but couldn't remember the lyrics very well. It has a really catchy tune which I remembered easily. We were hoping it would be one of the hymns we sang in church today but it wasn't.  :-(  Anyway so after church today I looked it up to sing along to the Music library version on LDS.org --click on the link and you can too. It's really fun. :-) I do it all the time to different hymns.

In singing along today and remembering the lyrics I decided to post it because it is so pertinent to all of us in this world we live in. Whose side are we on? There are no fence sitters.  You are either on one side or the other.

Some of my favorite lyrics from this hymn include: "We wage no common war, Cope with no common foe." -- This is good versus evil. The enemy -- Satan -- is awake. He is coming at us with everything he has.  He is a very formidable opponent. Whose side are we on? "We serve the living God, and want his foes to know that, if but few, we're great" -- I love this. Such confidence. I'm a big fan of confidence. If you're on the Lord's side, you will exude confidence. "We ask it fearlessly" "No coward bears our flag" -- This fight isn't for pansies. And my favorite part, "We're going on to win" -- The winner of the war is already known. The Lord will prevail -- Satan will lose. Do you want to be on the winning side or the losing side? "Now is the time to show".

That's my two cents.

Who's on the Lord's Side?

1. 1. Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
   Now is the time to show.
   We ask it fearlessly:
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
   We wage no common war,
   Cope with no common foe.
   The enemy's awake;
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
2. (Chorus)
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
   Now is the time to show.
   We ask it fearlessly:
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
3. 2. We serve the living God,
   And want his foes to know
   That, if but few, we're great;
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
   We're going on to win;
   No fear must blanch the brow.
   The Lord of Hosts is ours;
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
4. 3. The stone cut without hands
   To fill the earth must grow.
   Who'll help to roll it on?
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
   Our ensign to the world
   Is floating proudly now.
   No coward bears our flag;
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
5. 4. The pow'rs of earth and hell
   In rage direct the blow
   That's aimed to crush the work;
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
   Truth, life, and liberty,
   Freedom from death and woe,
   Are stakes we're fighting for;
   Who's on the Lord's side? Who?
6. Text: Hannah Last Cornaby, 1822-1905
   Music: Henry H. Russell, 1818-1900, alt.