"after the deaths of both Sullivan and Queen Victoria. The piece was composed for chorus, brass, strings and organ, and features as a recurring theme the melody of Sullivan's hymn tune ""St. Gertrude"", his setting for ""Onward Christian Soldiers."" Arthur Sullivan became Britain's most famous composer during the late Victorian era, and so he was an obvious choice to compose a piece to celebrate the coming end of the Boer War. George Martin and Colonel Arthur Collins visited Sullivan in his home on May 26, 1900 to ask him to write the ""Te Deum"". Sullivan wrote in his diary that"
"Onward, Christian Pilgrims ""Onward, Christian Pilgrims"" is a 20th-century Christian hymn by David Wright. It was composed in 1982, is based on ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"", and was intended as a non-militaristic version of the earlier hymn. ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" was written in 1865 and uses New Testament military metaphors of Christians as soldiers. 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. In the United Kingdom, after the Falklands War, David Wright attempted to revive ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" as a"
"hymn in them. Onward, Christian Pilgrims ""Onward, Christian Pilgrims"" is a 20th-century Christian hymn by David Wright. It was composed in 1982, is based on ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"", and was intended as a non-militaristic version of the earlier hymn. ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" was written in 1865 and uses New Testament military metaphors of Christians as soldiers. 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. In the United Kingdom, after the Falklands War, David Wright attempted to revive ""Onward, Christian"
"as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."" The lyric was written as a processional hymn for children walking from Horbury Bridge, where Baring-Gould was curate, to Horbury St Peter's Church near Wakefield, Yorkshire, at Whitsuntide in 1865. It was originally entitled, ""Hymn for Procession with Cross and Banners."" According to the Centre for Church Music, Baring-Gould reportedly wrote ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" in about 15 minutes, later apologising, ""It was written in great haste, and I am afraid that some of the lines are faulty."" He later allowed hymn-book compilers to alter the lyrics. For example, ""The Fellowship Hymn Book"", with"
"president Dwight D. Eisenhower at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., March 1969. Apart from its obvious martial associations, the song has been associated with protest against the established order, particularly in the case of the civil rights movement. An attempt was made in the 1980s to strip ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" from the ""United Methodist Hymnal"" and the Episcopal ""Hymnal 1982"" due to perceived militarism. Outrage among church-goers caused both committees to back down. However, the hymn was omitted from both the 1990 and 2013 hymnals of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the ""Australian Hymn Book"", published in 1977, and its successor,"
"pacifist hymn while keeping its tune by writing ""Onward, Christian Pilgrims"" to the same tune. Richard Ingrams informed the wider British public about the hymn. The hymn was later included in Anglican hymn books from 1996. It also replaced ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" in British crematorium hymn books because of concerns over ""military imagery"". The hymn was popular with some members of the Church of England's clergy, with some clergy refusing to sing ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" in favour of ""Onward, Christian Pilgrims"". Comparing the lyrics of ""Onward, Christian Pilgrims"" and ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"", the choruses differ in emphasis, as follows: ""Onward,"
"Gertrude"" for it. Sullivan quoted the tune in his ""Boer War Te Deum"", first performed in 1902, after his death. Another hymn sung to the St. Gertrude tune is ""Forward Through the Ages"", written by Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840–1929) in 1908. When Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt met in August 1941 on the battleship to agree the Atlantic Charter, a church service was held for which Prime Minister Churchill chose the hymns. He chose ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" and afterwards made a radio broadcast explaining this choice: The song has been sung at many funerals, including at the funeral of American"
"making reference to John Milton's poem, Paradise Lost where it says ""Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering, armed in adamant and gold."" This suggests that Wesley intended for the hymn to be for Christians to use Satan's ways against him. Wesley wrote a unique piece of music entitled ""Soldiers of Christ"" for the hymn to be set to. However the hymn has been set to other tunes as well. One of several tunes for the hymn is by William P. Merrill (1867–1954) however, the main alternative piece of music that is used for the hymn is """"Diademata"""""
"national anthem of the fictional Bible Belt. In Christopher Webber's 1993 play ""Dr Sullivan and Mr Gilbert"", the hymn is used with new words about Sullivan's rise to fame, and the artistic compromises that entailed. ""Christian Zeal and Activity"", a 1973 work by American composer John Adams, is an arrangement of Sullivan's tune. The hymn's tune has also been used as the basis for many parodies, including ""Lloyd George Knew My Father"" and ""Like a mighty tortoise, / Moves the Church of God; / Brothers, we are treading / Where we've always trod."" Onward, Christian Soldiers ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" is"
"one of only a few Methodist hymns that overtly referred to battles or the notion of Christians as soldiers. Soldiers of Christ, Arise ""Soldiers of Christ, Arise"" is an 18th-century English hymn. The words were written by Charles Wesley (1707–1788), and the first line (""Soldiers of Christ, arise, and put your armour on"") refers to the armour of God in Ephesians 6:10–18. Wesley initially wrote the hymn as a poem titled ""The Whole Armour of God, Ephesians VI"" in 1747 and was used to defend against criticism of Methodism in the United Kingdom. During their evangelical careers, both Charles Wesley"
"Onwards Toward the Final Victory ""Onwards Toward the Final Victory"" () is a North Korean propaganda hymn dedicated to the country's leader Kim Jong-un. It continues the tradition of North Korean supreme leaders having hymns dedicated to them, as was the case with Kim's grandfather Kim Il-sung (""Song of General Kim Il-sung"") and Kim's father Kim Jong-il (""Song of General Kim Jong-il"", ""No Motherland Without You"") The hymn has been airing repeatedly in North Korean state media since July 2012. Its music is attributed to Yoon Du Geun, and its lyrics to Kim Moon Hyuk. The text consists of three"
"#105 ""From Age to Age"", ""#114 ""Forward Through the Ages"", #269 ""Lo the Day of Days is Here"", ""#270 ""O Day of Light and Gladness"", and #272 ""O Prophet Souls of All the Years"". His notable hymn, ""Forward Through the Ages"", was an anthem of the Social Gospel movement. Written while he served the church in California, it replaced the militaristic imagery of Onward Christian Soldiers with a broader evocation of spiritual mission and unity. It is included in the United Methodist Hymnal as #555. Frederick Hosmer, was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, on October 16, 1840, the son of Charles"
"""Together in Song"", published in 1999. The Spiritualists' National Union hymnbook has a variation on the hymn, entitled ""Onward, Comrades, Onward"". In some modern Anglican hymn books, it is replaced with Onward, Christian Pilgrims set to the same tune. Largely because of its association with missionaries of various types, the song is sung in a number of movies and television programmes. The 1939 film, ""Stanley and Livingstone"", depicts Dr. David Livingstone (played by Sir Cedric Hardwicke) spiritedly leading a choir of African people in this anthem. The piece appears in several other films, including ""Major Barbara"", ""Mrs. Miniver"", ""Elmer Gantry"","
"have composed much music since then, but have never written a second Lost Chord."" Many singers have recorded the song, including Enrico Caruso, who sang it at the Metropolitan Opera House on 29 April 1912 at a benefit concert for families of victims of the ""Titanic"" disaster. The piece has endured as one of Sullivan's best-known songs, and the setting is still performed today. In 1877, Arthur Sullivan was already Britain's foremost composer, having produced such critically praised pieces as his ""Irish Symphony"", his ""Overture di Ballo"", many hymns and songs, such as ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"", and the popular short"
"Christian Pilgrims"" has been criticized as having been born out of a perceived need to change older hymns to be modernised or more politically correct. ""Onward, Christian Pilgrims"" is viewed as a politically correct version of ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"". It was suggested in ""The Daily Telegraph"" newspaper that the new hymn was created because of a misreading of ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" as being just a commemoration of militaristic Christianity. Some members of the Church of England also objected to ""Onward, Christian Pilgrims"", which led to new hymn books being issued to certain parishes with ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" replacing the new"
"are a call to battle, this can also be seen in the English translation. The words express a similar ""call to arms"" as does the hymn ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"". In 1931, the Salvation Army published the tune ""Rachie"" being sung to the words: ""Hark! the sounds of singing, coming on the breeze. Notes of triumph winging, over lands and seas"" (Charles Collier, 1915). The tune was published in The Salvation Army Tune Book for Congregational Singing. Later, the tune became the perfect accompaniment for the words of the hymn ""Who is on the Lord's side?"". This pairing was popularised in"
"Soldiers of Christ, Arise ""Soldiers of Christ, Arise"" is an 18th-century English hymn. The words were written by Charles Wesley (1707–1788), and the first line (""Soldiers of Christ, arise, and put your armour on"") refers to the armour of God in Ephesians 6:10–18. Wesley initially wrote the hymn as a poem titled ""The Whole Armour of God, Ephesians VI"" in 1747 and was used to defend against criticism of Methodism in the United Kingdom. During their evangelical careers, both Charles Wesley and his brother John Wesley received physical abuse because of them. As a result, this hymn was written and"
"Salvation Army, and it is the central theme of the 18th century hymn ""Soldiers of Christ, Arise"" and the 19th century hymn ""Onward, Christian Soldiers."" Miles Christianus The miles Christianus (Christian soldier) or ""miles Christi"" (soldier of Christ) is a Christian allegory based on New Testament military metaphors, especially the Armor of God metaphor of military equipment standing for Christian virtues and on certain passages of the Old Testament from the Latin Vulgate. By the fifth century, the Church had started to develop doctrines that allowed for Christian participation in battle, though this was limited by a requirement that the"
"with a robustness distinctly national in the directness of its diatonic expression. The introduction of the composer's familiar hymn tune 'Onward Christian Soldiers' — first in fragments and afterwards in its entirety — infuses a military element into this Thanksgiving Te Deum, the significance of which is obvious. The entire work appears on ""That Glorious Song of Old"" (1992), conducted by Paul Trepte, but without a full orchestra. A complete recording with full orchestra appears on ""The Masque at Kenilworth — Music for Royal and National Occasions"" (1999), conducted by Michael Smedley. A complete recording was released on CD in"
"play) when Harry asks him about the reason for the war. In the play, the curtain goes down on Harry and Irene as they sing ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" while bombs are exploding outside, leaving it open whether they survive or not, but both versions of the film's ending show the couple to be safe and happy after the air raid. The international film version featured the hymn ""Abide with Me"". The domestic version replaced the impelling ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"" with its battle-like imagery, employed in the play, with a more demure supplication. Norma Shearer's elaborate hairstyle in this film was"
"King,"" (Franz Schubert); and a ""Song without Words,"" (Mendelssohn). The third edition added ""Prelude"" (Chopin), ""Invitation to the Waltz,"" (Von Weber); ""Scherzino,"" (Robert Schumann); theme from ""Overture to Tannhauser,"" (Richard Wagner) and Franz Liszt, with each composer's autograph attached. Charlotte W. Hawes Charlotte White Hawes (7 February 1840 - 5 Sep 1926) was an American composer, lecturer, music educator, poet and critic from Massachusetts. ""God Bless the Soldier"", written in 1890, was dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic. Born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, she was of Puritan ancestry, her ancestors on the father's side having settled in Massachusetts in"
"the Union and Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War. The hymn also became popular among British revivalists, and within public schools in England. As a result of the images of Christian militarism in the hymn, some people object to the hymn, and some people do not stand to sing it. The hymn was excluded from a more politically correct volume of The Presbyterian Hymnal published in June 1990, in order not to offend handicapped people. Several melodies have been written for ""Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus"". The one used most often now was written by George James Webb,"
"Soldiers of '22 ""Soldiers of '22"" is an Irish rebel song written by Brian O'Higgins, also known as Brian na Banban, an Irish Republican and composer of numerous rebel poems and songs including the ""Marching Song of Na Fianna Éireann"" and ""Song of the Dawn"" which was once a favourite marching song of the West Cork Brigade during the Tan War. O'Higgins spent twenty-five days on hunger strike during the Irish Civil War which almost killed him, the song was written to commemorate the men who died for the Irish Republican cause during that war. It was published in the"
"Richard Storrs Willis Richard Storrs Willis (February 10, 1819 – May 10, 1900) was an American composer, mainly of hymn music. His best known melody is probably the one called, simply, ""Carol"". This is the standard tune, in the United States, though not in Great Britain, of the much-loved hymn ""It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"" (1850), with lyrics by Edmund Sears. He was also a music critic and journal editor. Willis, whose siblings included Nathaniel Parker Willis and Fanny Fern, was born on February 10, 1819, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Chauncey Hall, the Boston Latin School, and Yale"
"""Festival March in C"". Many of his compositions are of the Victorian parlour music variety. He was a keen writer of high-Victorian hymns, and his hymn tune ""Galilee"" was widely printed and applied to several texts, although notably ""Jesus Calls Us"" by Cecil Frances Alexander. In 1900, he published a collection of his own hymn tunes entitled ""Music and the Higher Life"". Several of his hymn settings, such as ""Onward, Christian Soldiers"", ""Eventide"" and ""Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"" are better known in alternative settings. Jude wrote the words of a few hymns. ""Speak to me, Lord, and calm this"
"Soldiers of '22!</poem> Artists who have recorded the song include: Soldiers of '22 ""Soldiers of '22"" is an Irish rebel song written by Brian O'Higgins, also known as Brian na Banban, an Irish Republican and composer of numerous rebel poems and songs including the ""Marching Song of Na Fianna Éireann"" and ""Song of the Dawn"" which was once a favourite marching song of the West Cork Brigade during the Tan War. O'Higgins spent twenty-five days on hunger strike during the Irish Civil War which almost killed him, the song was written to commemorate the men who died for the Irish"
"begins: The Christian hymn ""We rest on Thee"", written by Edith G. Cherry around 1895 is also commonly sung to the tune of ""Finlandia"". This hymn is also famous because it was the last hymn sung by the five missionaries involved in Operation Auca before their deaths and a line from the hymn's final verse provided the title for Elisabeth Elliot's book about that incident, ""Through Gates of Splendor"". The hymn's first verse is: The Christian hymn ""A Christian Home"", written by Barbara Hart, is found in many Protestant hymnbooks and is sung to the tune of Finlandia. Calvinist Churches"
"Blessed Redeemer Blessed Redeemer is a prominent Christian hymn with lyrics by Avis Christiansen and music by Harry Dixon Loes of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Loes developed the music and title after hearing a sermon entitled ""Blessed Redeemer,"" and he asked Christiansen to write the lyrics. The hymn describes Jesus' death and atonement for sin on the cross at Cavalry in Jerusalem as described in Matthew's and Mark's gospels in the New Testament for the redemption of sinners as explained in the New Testament Book of Romans. The song was first published in the ""Songs of Redemption"""
"Vanja Y. Watkins Vanja Yorgason Watkins (born 1938) is a prolific writer of hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She composed the music for ""Press Forward Saints"" and ""Families Can Be Together Forever"", hymns that appear in the 1985 English-language hymnal of the LDS Church. She also wrote the music to a number of songs in the Primary's ""Children's Songbook"", including the 13 ""Articles of Faith"" songs. Watkins holds a bachelor's and master's degree from Brigham Young University (BYU). She has served on the general board of the Primary, the church's General Music Committee,"
"Howe, having heard this version, used the tune as the basis of her new verse, later known as ""The Battle Hymn of the Republic"". William Steffe William Steffe (1830–1890) was a South-Carolina born Philadelphia bookkeeper and insurance agent who is credited with collecting and editing the musical tune for a camp-meeting song with the traditional ""Glory Hallelujah"" refrain, in about 1856. It opened with ""Say, brothers, will you meet us / on Canaan's happy shore?"" The tune became widely known. Early in the American Civil War, this tune was used to create the Union army marching song ""John Brown's Body"","
"Inishowen We'll chant a Soldier's Song. </poem> Amhrán na bhFiann """" (), called ""The Soldier's Song"" in English, is the Irish national anthem. The music was composed by Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney, the original English lyrics by Kearney, and the Irish-language translation, now usually heard, by Liam Ó Rinn. The song has three verses, but only the choral refrain has been officially designated the national anthem. The Presidential Salute, played when the President of Ireland arrives at an official engagement, consists of the first four bars of the national anthem immediately followed by the last five. The song, as"
"by George Job Elvey. It is opined that this music has become more associated with ""Soldiers of Christ, Arise"" than the original ""Soldiers of Christ"" music. The hymn is played using ""Diademata"" after first being published in the Anglican hymnal, ""Hymns Ancient and Modern"", It is also played with ""Diademata"" in the Seventh-day Adventist Church hymnal and the hymn appeared in the Manchester Hymnal. In the United Methodist Church hymnal, ""Soldiers of Christ, Arise"" is the only hymn in it that was originally in John Wesley's ""A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists"". It is"
"""All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name"", is said to be the earliest American hymn tune still in general use. Also of note is his hymn ""Confidence."" Oliver Holden Oliver Holden (September 18, 1765 – September 4, 1844) was an American composer and compiler of hymns. He was born in Shirley, Massachusetts. During the American Revolutionary War, he was a marine for a year (1782-1783) on the USS Deane, which returned to Boston with at least one British prize while he was in the crew. For his service, he received an annual pension. A carpenter by trade, in 1786 he"