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[We are marching, we are marching on with gladness]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 34555 56545 15345 Used With Text: Marching On with Gladness

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: We are marching, we are marching on with gladness Refrain First Line: We are marching, marching onward Used With Tune: [We are marching, we are marching on with gladness]

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Marching On With Gladness

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Sunshine #24 (1895) First Line: We are marching, we are marching on with gladness Refrain First Line: We are marching, marching onward Lyrics: 1 We are marching, we are marching on with gladness, We are marching in the army of the Lord; Let us swell the mighty throng. Onward now, with joyful song, In His service there is glad and sure reward. Refrain: We are marching, marching onward; Marching, marching on with shout and song; In the sunshine pure and sweet, With the roses at our feet, We are marching on, a glad rejoicing throng. 2 We are singing, we are singing of the mercy That enfolds the children in His arms of love; Let us come to Him today; Tender words we’ll hear Him say, Words of welcome from our blessed Friend above. [Refrain] 3 We are trusting, we are trusting in our Father, In the goodness that shall follow all our days, If His gospel we obey, If we’re faithful day by day, He will fill our lives with happiness and praise. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [We are marching, we are marching on with gladness]

Marching On with Gladness

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Rich in Blessing #30 (1894) First Line: We are marching, we are marching on with gladness Refrain First Line: We are marching, marching onward Languages: English Tune Title: [We are marching, we are marching on with gladness]

Marching on with gladness

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: On Wings of Song #202 (1896) First Line: We are marching, we are marching on with gladness Refrain First Line: Marching, marching on Languages: English Tune Title: [We are marching, we are marching on with gladness]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Marching on with gladness" in On Wings of Song Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. 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 are marching, we are marching on with gladness]" in On Wings of Song 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/