Abigail Miller - Uriah, from the Closer to Jesus Album
Uriah was a mighty man of battle
He was strong and he was brave and he was true
He had won so many battles, he was faithful to the end
Until the day he met betrayal, at the hand of a trusted friend...
Uriah pressed forward, Uriah pressed hard
and he was strong in the battle for the Lord
But when the enemy was nearest, and the fighting grew too hot
The army withdrew and...Uriah was lost...
We too are fighting in a fiercesome battle
We must be strong, we must be brave, we must be true
But after oh so many battles, when a brother gets a wound
Do we blame him cause he's careless, do we leave him all too soon...
The soldier pressed forward, the soldier pressed hard
and he was strong in the battle for the Lord
But when the enemy was nearest, and the fighting grew too hot
The army withdrew and...the soldier was lost...
There are soldiers all around us who have fallen
They were strong and they were brave and they were true
But now because they're weak and wounded, we turn our hearts to stone
We watch them drop they're weapons...exposed...and all alone...
Oh who upon the field of battle leaves a friend alone...
When the enemy is strongest, who would dare desert their own
Oh who will stand beside their brothers? Watch and weep and pray...
Who will raise a wounded soldier? to fight another day...
Oh soldiers press forward, oh soldiers press hard
and be strong in the battle for the Lord
And when the enemy is nearest and the fighting grows too hot
May we fight as one man
May we fight as one man
May WE fight as one man... That not one soldier may be lost...
I have listened to this song countless hundreds of times in the past many months
