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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.
Endeavouer's Marching Song: Christian soldiers all, hear our Leader's call: F.J. Crosby: 1103: Onward, O Junior Endeav'rers: F.J. Crosby: 1106: Oh, help me tell the story: Edward Shiras: 1108: Our Christian Band: With cheerful songs and hymns of praise: Lyman G. Cuyler* 1112: Work and Pray: Let us work and pray together: Julia Sterling* 1118 ...
In the other set, the hymns are sung by a quartet with piano or organ accompaniment. Many popular singers and instrumentalists, including the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Orchestra at Temple Square and Saints Unified Voices have also recorded arrangements of LDS hymns.
The simple lyrics consist of the phrase "Lloyd George knew my father/Father knew Lloyd George" [1] [2] sung to the tune of "Onward, Christian Soldiers". [A] In the song, the two lines referring to Lloyd George (LG) are repeated incessantly, until boredom sets in. [ 3 ] There are no lyrics other than those two lines.
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"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]