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Hark to the songs of the conquering throng

Author: F. G. Burroughs Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: An army is coming, their footsteps we hear

[An army is coming, their footsteps we hear]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 55321 51334 55666 Used With Text: Help Draweth Near

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Author: F. G. Burroughs Hymnal: The Silver Trumpet #19 (1889) First Line: An army is coming, their footsteps we hear Refrain First Line: Hark to the songs of the conquering throng! Lyrics: 1 An army is coming, their footsteps we hear, The time of our rescue is now drawing near; Then lose not your courage, but stand firmly and true, Although in this conflict you are weary and few. Chorus: Hark to the songs of the conquering throng! Their glad shout of victory while marching along: Then lose not your courage valiant help draweth near: The sound of this army all God's faithful can hear! 2 The right yet shall triumph, all warfare shall cease; The captives in chains will our Captain release; For all earth-born tyrants shall be swept from the land, When forth comes the army with God's Word in command. [Chorus] 3 Be strong and courageous and quit not the field, The Lord's in the battle, - thou dare not to yield, Tho' fierce be the struggle, - you shall win thro' his might, For one strong in faith shall put a thousand to flight. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [An army is coming, their footsteps we hear]

Help Draweth Near

Author: F. G. Burroughs Hymnal: Sunlit Songs #132 (1890) First Line: An army is coming, their footsteps we hear Refrain First Line: Hark to the songs of the conquering throng Languages: English Tune Title: [An army is coming, their footsteps we hear]

Hark to the songs of the conquering throng

Author: F. G. Burroughs Hymnal: Heavenly Tidings #d1 (1890) First Line: An army is coming, their footsteps we hear Languages: English

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H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Composer of "[An army is coming, their footsteps we hear]" in Sunlit Songs Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry

F. G. Burroughs

1856 - 1949 Author of "Help Draweth Near" in Sunlit Songs F. G. Burroughs was born in 1856 (nee Ophelia G. Browning) was the daughter of William Garretson Browning, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and Susan Rebecca Webb Browning. She married Thomas E. Burroughs in 1884. He died in 1904. She married Arthur Prince Adams, in 1905. He was a minister. Her poem, "Unanswered yet" which was written in 1879, was published in the The Christian Standard in 1880 with the name F. G. Browning. She also wrote under the name of Ophelia G. Adams and Mrs. T. E. Burroughs. Dianne Shapiro from The Literary Digest, July 29, 1899., The Register, Pine Plains, NY, October 24, 1884, Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. 1921