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[God is calling now His forces]

[God is calling now His forces]

Composer: George F. Root
Published in 12 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [God is calling now His forces]
Composer: George F. Root
Meter: 15.15.15.15.15.15
Incipit: 12351 77671 21321
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Just Before the Battle, Mother

A Little Farther

Just before His trial, Jesus entered dark Gethsemane;
Leaving eight outside, took Peter and two sons of Zebedee.
Oh, the anguish in the garden, as again He left the three;
And He went a little farther, all the way to Calvary!

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #16993
Text: Just Before the Battle, Mother
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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Instances (1 - 3 of 3)
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Evening Light Songs #483

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The Cyber Hymnal #16993

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Timeless Truths #1035

Include 9 pre-1979 instances
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