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Struggle and victoryAround us in pitched battleswirl the columns of Satan.So stand alert, and pray untilthe victory is taken.Our captain is Christ Jesus –he has never lost a war.In him the weakest fighterbecomes a conqueror.The world’s deceitful powerswould seek to make us cower,so keep your eyes on Jesusdespite their fiery glower.We need not ever be anxious,though driven without respite.Hold on, believe in Jesus –he’ll never leave your side.He calls us now: “Be comforted!For though the storm still swirls,through long hours of agonyI have overcome the world.”Take heart, for here is victory –the cross on which Christ died.He who was martyred for our sakehas crushed the devil’s pride.You, too, must drink the same cupdown to its bitterest dregs,but know the Lord will comfort you:his life will be your strength.He’ll gird you with his power,all evil to overthrow,and work in you the miracleto win where’er you go.Breslau, May 30, 1907Remembering May–June 1907, Emmy writes in her memoirs that “afterWhitsun, and my wonderful time in Breslau… the great fight against Else’sconviction… began at home.” The bone of contention was Else’s announcementon May 8 that she intended to receive baptism – an idea popular in theHalle revival but one bitterly opposed by the von Hollander parents, whowere staunch Lutherans.P O E M S & R H Y M E D P R A Y E R S:E B E R H A R D A R N O L D 30