Soldiers of Christ, be aware that you are highly advanced in God's creation, that you occupy an important station, that you have an arduous work allotted to you. For you are enlisted under the banner of Christ, have taken the oath of allegiance to the King of Zion, and bound yourselves by an oath to fight the good fight of faith against sin, Satan, the world and the flesh. What formidable enemies are these! O soldiers of Christ! Banish all your guilty fears. There is after all, far more for you than against you. You are on the Lord's side. He is your refuge and strength.

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Robert Hawker (1753–1827) was a Devonian vicar of the Anglican Church and the most prominent of the vicars of Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon.Of all the ministers of Charles Church this man is the most famous. The “Star of the West”, due to his superlative preaching that drew thousands to Charles to hear him speak for over an hour at a time. He was a bold Evangelical, caring father, active in education and compassionate for the poor and needy of the parish, a scholar and author of many books and deeply beloved of his parishioners.