Onward Christian Soldiers 1871

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 May 2012
2012

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
forward into battle see his banners go!

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.

Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
one in hope and doctrine, one in charity.

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.

Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud, and honor unto Christ the King,
this through countless ages men and angels sing.

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
Church Organ
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
piano t clef
pizz str
tymp
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Onward Christian Soldiers 1871
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by The Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould
© 1871
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For the religious holiday of Whitsunday in 1864, an English Vicar
named Sabine Baring-Gould arranged to have the children
of his parish join the children in a nearby village, and he wrote this
marching song for them to sing as they walked between the two
towns. The original song was a slow movement from a Hadyn
symphony. But the text, published in a religious magazine,
attained such popularity that the great Sir Arthur Sullivan
wrote this stirring melody for it in 1871
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 30 May 2012 at 16.40
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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