Text:Onward, Christian Soldiers
Author:Sabine Baring-Gould
Tune:ST. GERTRUDE
Composer:Arthur S. Sullivan

483. Onward, Christian Soldiers

Text Information
First Line: Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war
Title: Onward, Christian Soldiers
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould (1864, alt.)
Refrain First Line: Onward, Christian soldiers
Meter: 65.65 D w. refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Topic: Church: Nature and Strength; Pilgrimage
Tune Information
Name: ST. GERTRUDE
Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan (1871)
Meter: 65.65 D w. refrain


Text Information:

This hymn was written so that children marching in a Sunday school procession with cross and banners 'going before' might sing as they marched


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