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Author: Vachel Lindsay Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. An endless line of splendor, These troops with Heav’n for home, With creeds they go from Scotland, With incense go from Rome. These, in the name of Jesus, Against the dark gods stand, They gird the earth with valor, They heed their king’s command. 2. Onward the line advances, Shaking the hills with power, Slaying the hidden demons, The lions that devour. No bloodshed in the wrestling— But souls new born arise— The nations growing kinder, The child-hearts growing wise. 3. What is the final ending? The issue, can we know? Will Christ outlive Mohammed? Will Kali’s altar go? This is our faith tremendous— Our wild hope, who shall scorn— That in the name of Jesus The world shall be reborn! Used With Tune: LANCASHIRE Text Sources: General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems, 1913

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LANCASHIRE

Appears in 617 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Thomas Smart Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 55346 53114 56255 Used With Text: An Endless Line of Splendor

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An Endless Line of Splendor

Author: Vachel Lindsay Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1342 Lyrics: 1. An endless line of splendor, These troops with Heav’n for home, With creeds they go from Scotland, With incense go from Rome. These, in the name of Jesus, Against the dark gods stand, They gird the earth with valor, They heed their king’s command. 2. Onward the line advances, Shaking the hills with power, Slaying the hidden demons, The lions that devour. No bloodshed in the wrestling— But souls new born arise— The nations growing kinder, The child-hearts growing wise. 3. What is the final ending? The issue, can we know? Will Christ outlive Mohammed? Will Kali’s altar go? This is our faith tremendous— Our wild hope, who shall scorn— That in the name of Jesus The world shall be reborn! Languages: English Tune Title: LANCASHIRE

An Endless Line of Splendor

Author: Vachel Lindsay, 1879-1930 Hymnal: Christian Worship #534 (1941) Topics: World Missions Languages: English Tune Title: LANCASHIRE

An endless line of splendor

Author: Vachel Lindsay Hymnal: The New Church Hymnal #d15 (1937)

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Henry Thomas Smart

1813 - 1879 Composer of "LANCASHIRE" in The Cyber Hymnal Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth, Smart designed organs for important places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman

Vachel Lindsay

1879 - 1931 Author of "An Endless Line of Splendor" in The Cyber Hymnal Lindsay, Vachel. (Springfield, Illinois, November 10, 1879--December 4, 1931, Springfield, Ill.). This noted American poet was an enthusiastic supporter of the Disciple movement (see, for example, his poem "Alexander Campbell"), and one of his short pieces, "Foreign Missions in Battle Array," was used as a hymn in Christian Worship (1941), having appeared earlier in the nondenominational Christian Worship and Praise (1939). It begins: An endless line of splendor, These troops with heaven for home, With creeds they go from Scotland, With incense go from Rome. --George Brandon, DNAH Archives Also: Lintsey, Veitsel Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel