Come kindred, upstand in the valour of Jesus

Come kindred, upstand in the valour of Jesus. Philip T.B. ('Tubby') Clayton* (1885-1972).  Clayton wrote this text for the December 1923 Birthday Thanksgiving Service at All Hallows by the Tower of Toc H, a post-World War I organization founded to extend the sense of community and service experienced by many British soldiers during the Great War at Talbot House (‘Toc’ was the signallers’ sign for ‘T’). It was published in SofPE (1931):  Come kindred, upstand in the valour of Jesus,And praise him and plight him the troth of true men.His yoke we are breasting together will ease usWhen back at the pick and the lathe and the pen.  How honest his harness!  O be ye then humble,To know that he...