▁for ▁the ▁Use ▁of ▁the ▁People ▁Cal led ▁Method ists " ▁with ▁ 1 2 ▁vers es . ▁Since ▁ 1 8 4 7 , ▁the ▁h ymn ▁is ▁usually ▁only ▁performed ▁with ▁ 3 ▁vers es . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁h ymn , ▁the ▁words ▁" ad am ant ▁and ▁gold " ▁are ▁used . ▁This ▁is ▁spec ulated ▁to ▁be ▁Wes ley ▁making ▁reference ▁to ▁John ▁Mil ton ' s ▁poem , ▁Parad ise ▁Lost ▁where ▁it ▁says ▁" S atan , ▁with ▁vast ▁and ▁ha ug ht y ▁str ides ▁advanced , ▁C ame ▁tower ing , ▁armed ▁in ▁ad am ant ▁and ▁gold ." ▁This ▁suggests ▁that ▁Wes ley ▁intended ▁for ▁the ▁h ymn ▁to ▁be ▁for ▁Christians ▁to ▁use ▁Sat an ' s ▁ways ▁against ▁him . ▁ ▁Wes ley ▁wrote ▁a ▁unique ▁piece ▁of ▁music ▁entitled ▁" S old iers ▁of ▁Christ " ▁for ▁the ▁h ymn ▁to ▁be ▁set ▁to . ▁However ▁the ▁h ymn ▁has ▁been ▁set ▁to ▁other ▁t unes ▁as ▁well . ▁One ▁of ▁several ▁t unes ▁for ▁the ▁h ymn ▁is ▁by ▁William ▁P . ▁M err ill ▁( 1 8 6 7 – 1 9 5 4 ) ▁however , ▁the ▁main ▁alternative ▁piece ▁of ▁music ▁that ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁h ymn ▁is ▁" D ia dem ata " ▁by ▁George ▁Job ▁El vey . ▁It ▁is ▁op ined ▁that ▁this ▁music ▁has ▁become ▁more ▁associated ▁with ▁" S old iers ▁of ▁Christ , ▁Ar ise " ▁than ▁the ▁original