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"Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, and the music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Ernest Clay Ker Seymer, at whose country home he composed the tune.
"Onward, Christian Soldiers" was written in 1865 and uses New Testament military metaphors of Christians as soldiers. [1] In the 1980s there was a growing movement against the notion of Christian military references, leading to some churches in the United States dropping it from their hymn books. [2]
Onward, soldiers, onward today! F.J. Crosby: 672: A Soldier of the Cross: Am I a soldier of the Cross: Isaac Watts: 677: The Ship of Temperance: Take courage, temperance workers: John G. Whittier: 678: A Song for Water Bright: A song, a song for water bright: G. Cooper: 682: Faith is the Victory: Encamped along the hills of light: John H. Yates ...
[n 6] He also composed a dramatic cantata, On Shore and Sea, for the opening of the London International Exhibition, [49] and the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers", with words by Sabine Baring-Gould. [41] The Salvation Army adopted the latter as its favoured processional, [50] and it became Sullivan's best-known hymn. [41] [51]
Sullivan completed his Festival Te Deum (1872); another oratorio, The Light of the World (1873); his only song cycle, The Window; or, The Song of the Wrens (1871); incidental music to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1874); and more songs, parlour ballads, and hymns, including "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (1872).
In 1900, he published a collection of his own hymn tunes entitled Music and the Higher Life. [5] [15] Several of his hymn settings, such as "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Eventide" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" are better known in alternative settings. [5] Jude wrote the words of a few hymns.
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View history; General What links here; ... Hymn: "Oh let us render thanks to God above" Choral Dance: "How shall we tell of him" ... Onward, Christian Soldiers!