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Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Lead on! O blessed cross of Christ Refrain First Line: Lead on, O blessed cross, lead on Used With Tune: [Lead on! O blessed cross of Christ]

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[Lead on! O blessed cross of Christ]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charlie D. Tillman Incipit: 53343 23112 27535 Used With Text: Lead On, O Cross

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Lead On, O Cross

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: The Revival No. 4 #23 (1903) First Line: Lead on! O blessed cross of Christ Refrain First Line: Lead on, O blessed cross, lead on Languages: English Tune Title: [Lead on! O blessed cross of Christ]

Lead On, O Cross

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Revival Special #59 (1905) First Line: Lead on! O blessed cross of Christ Refrain First Line: Lead on, O blessed cross, lead on Languages: English Tune Title: [Lead on! O blessed cross of Christ]

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Charlie D. Tillman

1861 - 1943 Composer of "[Lead on! O blessed cross of Christ]" in The Revival No. 4 Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives

Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "Lead On, O Cross" in The Revival No. 4 Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)