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We Come, We Come Like the Hosts of Old

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: We come, we come like the hosts of old to triumph over sin Refrain First Line: Forward! press forward, forever Topics: Special Days Rally Day Used With Tune: NEW CRUSADE

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[We come, we come, like the hosts of old to triumph over sin]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 53321 23161 51212 Used With Text: The song of the new crusade

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We Come, We Come Like the Hosts of Old

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Hymns of Praise Number Two #84 (1925) First Line: We come, we come like the hosts of old to triumph over sin Refrain First Line: Forward! press forward, forever Topics: Choruses Languages: English Tune Title: [We come, we come like the hosts of old to triumph over sin]

We Come, We Come Like the Hosts of Old

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Hymns of Praise Numbers One and Two Combined #334 (1926) First Line: We come, we come like the hosts of old to triumph over sin Refrain First Line: Forward! press forward, forever Languages: English Tune Title: [We come, we come like the hosts of old to triumph over sin]

We Come, We Come Like the Hosts of Old

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Living Hymns #92 (1923) First Line: We come, we come like the hosts of old to triumph over sin Refrain First Line: Forward! press forward, forever Topics: Special Days Rally Day Languages: English Tune Title: NEW CRUSADE

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "The Song of the New Crusade" in Hymns We Love, for Sunday Schools and All Devotional Meetings 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)

Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[We come, we come, like the hosts of old]" in Hymns We Love, for Sunday Schools and All Devotional Meetings Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/