Who is on the Lord’s side

Who is on the Lord’s side. Frances Ridley Havergal* (1836-1879). Written on 13 October 1877, and published in Havergal’s Loyal Responses (1878). It was entitled ‘On the Lord’s Side’ and prefaced with the quotation ‘“Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse.” – I Chron. xii.18.’ It had five 8-line stanzas, each followed by a 4-line response. Most books print a four-stanza text, omitting the original stanza 2: Not for weight of glory, Not for crown and palm, Enter we the army, Raise the warrior-psalm; But for Love that claimeth Lives for whom He died: He whom Jesus nameth Must be on His side. Response. By Thy love constraining, By Thy grace divine, We are on...