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<h2>ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“Do not be discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.” 2 Chronicles 20:15</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_b_a_baring-gould_s.jpg" alt="Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)" width="110.666666666667" height="176.666666666667"></td>
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<td><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_a_baring-gould_s.html" target="_blank">Sabine Baring-Gould</a>, 1865. This hymn is sung at the end of the 1942 Academy Award-winning movie, “Mrs. Miniver.”
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<p><em>Music:</em> “St. Gertrude,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_s_u_sullivan_as.html" target="_blank">Arthur Seymour Sullivan</a>, 1871 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_s_t_stgertru.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_s_u_sullivan_as.jpg" alt="Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900)" width="131.333333333333" height="198.666666666667"></td>
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<p>Baring-Gould wrote about this hymn:</p>
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<p>Whit-Monday is a great day for school festivals in Yorkshire. One Whit-Monday, thirty years ago, it was arranged that our school should join forces with that of a neighboring village. I wanted the children to sing when marching from one village to another, but couldn’t think of anything quite suitable; so I sat up at night, resolved that I would write something myself. “Onward, Christian Soldiers” was the result. It was written in great
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haste, and I am afraid some of the rhymes are faulty. Certainly nothing has surprised me more than its popularity. I don’t remember how it got printed first, but I know that very soon it found its way into several collections. I have written a few other hymns since then, but only two or three have become at all well-known.</p>
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<p>Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,<br>
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With the cross of Jesus going on before.<br>
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Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;<br>
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Forward into battle see His banners go!</p>
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<p class="refrain">Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,<br>
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With the cross of Jesus going on before.</p>
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<p>At the sign of triumph Satan’s host doth flee;<br>
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On then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!<br>
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Hell’s foundations quiver at the shout of praise;<br>
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Brothers lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.</p>
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<p>Like a mighty army moves the church of God;<br>
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Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.<br>
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We are not divided, all one body we,<br>
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One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.</p>
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<p>What the saints established that I hold for true.<br>
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What the saints believèd, that I believe too.<br>
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Long as earth endureth, men the faith will hold,<br>
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Kingdoms, nations, empires, in destruction rolled.</p>
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<p>Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,<br>
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But the church of Jesus constant will remain.<br>
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Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail;<br>
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We have Christ’s own promise, and that cannot fail.</p>
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<p>Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,<br>
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Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.<br>
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Glory, laud and honor unto Christ the King,<br>
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This through countless ages men and angels sing.</p>
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