8764 | The Cyber Hymnal#8765 | 8766 |
Text: | Onward, Children, Onward |
Author: | John H. Brammall |
Tune: | ST. GERTRUDE |
Composer: | Arthur Seymour Sullivan |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Onward, children, onward! Leave the paths of sin;
Hasten to the strait gate, strive to enter in;
None can knock unheeded, none can strive in vain,
For the Savior’s welcome all that seek obtain.
Refrain:
Onward, children, onward! is the call today;
Come with ready footsteps, and that call obey.
2 Onward, children, onward! In the narrow way.
Christ your Lord shall lead you safely day by day;
And with such a leader what have you to fear?
Satan may oppose you, but your king is near. [Refrain]
3 Onward, ever onward! Till you join the throng
Who in dazzling raiment sing the triumph song,
And to heav’nly music cry with one accord,
"Holy! Holy! Holy! Is our sovereign Lord." [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Onward, children, onward! Leave the paths of sin |
Title: | Onward, Children, Onward |
Author: | John H. Brammall |
Refrain First Line: | Onward, children, onward! |
Meter: | 11.11.11. D |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Written for the Wesleyan Sunday School Union, 1870, and first printed in the Union’s Whitsuntide fly-sheet of that year. In 1879, it was given anonymously in the Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book, number 283. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. GERTRUDE |
Composer: | Arthur Seymour Sullivan |
Meter: | 11.11.11 D |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |