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Going Into Action

Author: Levi Gilbert Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Forward, Christ's battalions Refrain First Line: Forward, Christ's battalions

[Forward, Christ's battalions]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 12345 55671 71543 Used With Text: Forward Christ's Battalions

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Author: Levi Gilbert, D. D., Litt. D. Hymnal: Hymns for Today #243 (1920) First Line: Forward, Christ's battalions Refrain First Line: Forward, Christ's battalions Lyrics: 1 Forward, Christ’s battalions, Quit yourselves like men; Wielding Gospel weapons, Force the fight again; Yours the strength and daring, Confident and free, Rouse to splendid action, Fervid loyalty! Refrain: Forward, Christ’s battalions, Confident and free; Rouse to splendid action, Fervid loyalty! 2 Mighty reinforcements Thrill the church with cheer; Freshly press the vet’rans, Not a sign of fear; Thinned by age and death-stroke, Ranks fill up with youth; Sons in fathers’ places Stand defending truth! [Refrain] 3 Trusting in your prowess, Home and nation rest; Future ages signal Each to do His best. What are toils and dangers, Marches, wounds, or pain! Christ is near His triumph, You with Him shall reign. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Forward, Christ's battalions]

Forward Christ's Battalions

Author: Levi Gilbert, D. D., Litt. D. Hymnal: A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #193 (1927) First Line: Forward, Christ's battalions Refrain First Line: Forward, Christ's battalions Languages: English Tune Title: GOING INTO ACTION

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[Forward, Christ's battalions]" in Hymns for Today James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry

Levi Gilbert

Person Name: Levi Gilbert, D. D., Litt. D. Author of "Forward Christ's Battalions" in Hymns for Today 19th Century We have little data on Gilbert, except that he was a minister. --www.hymntime.com