Go Forward, Christian Soldier

Representative Text

1 Go forward, Christian soldier,
Beneath His banner true!
The Lord Himself, thy Leader,
Shall all thy foes subdue.
His love foretells thy trials;
He knows thine hourly need;
He can with bread of heaven
Thy fainting spirit feed.

2 Go forward, Christian soldier!
Fear not the secret foe;
Far more o'er thee are watching
Than human eyes can know;
Trust only Christ, thy Captain;
Cease not to watch and pray;
Heed not the treacherous voices
That lure thy soul astray.

3 Go forward, Christian soldier!
Nor dream of peaceful rest,
Till Satan's host is vanquished
And heaven is all possessed;
Till Christ Himself shall call thee
To lay thine armor by,
And wear in endless glory
The crown of victory.

4 Go forward, Christian soldier!
Fear not the gathering night:
The Lord has been thy shelter;
The Lord will be thy light.
When morn His face revealeth,
Thy dangers all are past:
Oh, pray that faith and virtue
May keep thee to the last!

The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

Author: Lawrence Tuttiett

Laurence Tuttiett was born at Colyton, Devon, in 1825; was educated at Christ Hospital, and at King's College, London; ordained Deacon, 1848, Priest, 1849; entered upon the living of Lea Marston, Coleshill, 1854, and subsequently was appointed Curate of S. Paul's, Knightsbridge, London. He is the author of several volumes and tracts. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Go forward, Christian soldier, Beneath His banner true
Title: Go Forward, Christian Soldier
Author: Lawrence Tuttiett (1861)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Go forward, Christian soldier. L. Tuttiett. [Confirmation.] First published in his Counsels of a Godfather, 1851, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, and based upon Exod. xiv. 15. In 1867 it was included in the Appendix to Morrell & How's Psalms & Hymns, and from that date it has gradually increased in popularity until it has become in Great Britain and in America the most widely used of the author's hymns. Original text in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

LANCASHIRE (Smart)

Henry T. Smart (PHH 233) composed the tune in 1835 for use at a missions festival at Blackburn, Lancashire, England. For that festival, which celebrated the three-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation in England, the tune was set to Reginald Heber's (PHH 249) “From Greenland's Icy Mountains.”…

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WEBB

George J. Webb (b. Rushmore Lodge, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1803; d. Orange, NJ, 1887) composed WEBB (also known as MORNING LIGHT) on a voyage from England to the United States. The tune was published in The Odeon, a collection of secular music compiled by Webb and Lowell Mason (PHH 96) i…

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A Selection of Hymns #d21

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A Treasury of Hymns #180

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Alleluia #219

American Church and Church School Hymnal #d90

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American Church and Church School Hymnal #236

Anglican Hymn Book #238

Book of Common Praise #d147

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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #113[188]

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Book of Worship #209

Carmina for Social Worship #d68

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Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #163

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #432

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Carmina Sanctorum #432

Chapel Service, Cadet Hymns and Songs #d28

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Chapel Treasures (Christ Chapel Sabbath-School, Lebanon, PA) #205

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Christian Praise #466

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Church Hymnal #223

Church Hymns and Services, Published under License of the Church Pension Fund #d71

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Church Hymns and Tunes #381

Church Hymns with Tunes #235

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Common Praise #451

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Gloria Deo #455

Gloria in Excelsis #d185

Gloria in Excelsis #d111

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Gloria #215

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d192

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #798

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #576

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #577

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #543

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #480a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #480b

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #543

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Hymnal for American Youth #187

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Hymnal for Christian Science Church and Sunday School Services #132

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Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #327

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. 3rd ed. #d87

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Hymnal for Soldiers and Sailors #34

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #568

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #568

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Hymni Ecclesiae #287

Hymns and Prayers for the Use of the Army and Navy #d10

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #394

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #394

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Hymns and Songs for the Sunday School #190

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #644

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Hymns and Tunes for Schools #204

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Hymns for Schools and Colleges #199

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Hymns for the Church #278

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Hymns for the Living Age #327

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d316

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Hymns of Praise with Tunes #250

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Hymns of the Centuries #215

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Hymns of the Christian Life. No. 3 #178

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Hymns of the Church Universal #300

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Hymns of the Church #354

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #195

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Hymns of the Faith #259

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Hymns of Worship and Service #528

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Hymns of Worship and Service #188

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Hymns of Worship and Service #188

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In Excelsis for School and Chapel #207

In Excelsis for School and Chapel. l7th ed. #d66

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In Excelsis #601

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In Excelsis #a601

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Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #301

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Missionary Hymnal #44

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Northfield Hymnal #69

Offering of Praise #d44

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #855

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Our Glad Hosanna #196

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Our Song Book #7

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Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #24

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Praise and Thanks #97

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Praise and Thanks #B1-97

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Praise Songs #203

Rodeheaver's Sunday School Songs #d44

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Royal Praise for the Sunday School #38

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Sacred Hymns and Tunes #231

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d135

Selected Sunday School Songs #d42

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Services and Songs #101

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #290

Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d156

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Songs of Love and Praise #106

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Songs of Praise with Tunes #317

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Songs of Praise #189

Songs of Redemption and Praise #d24

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Songs of Service #76

Songs of Service. Rev. ed. #a76

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Songs of Work and Worship #182

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Standard Hymns and Spiritual Songs #404

Sunday School Hymnal #d111

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Sunday School Hymns No. 1 #149

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Sunday School Voices, No.2 #45

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Sursum Corda #568

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #306

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #440

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