[Lead on, O King eternal] (Hunnewell)

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[Lead on, O King eternal] (Hunnewell)

Composer: Frank S. Hunnewell
Published in 3 hymnals

Composer: Frank S. Hunnewell

Hunnewell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in White Plains, New York, was living in 1918, when his 23-year old son Donald was killed in World War I. Sources New York Times, November 24, 1918, p. 23 Music-- OAKLAND PARTING HYMN SALVATOR WOODBRIDGE --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[Lead on, O King eternal] (Hunnewell)
Composer:	Frank S. Hunnewell
Meter:	7.6.7.6 D
Incipit:	55671 56544 12232
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Lead on, O King Eternal

Lead on, O King eternal,
the day of march has come;
henceforth in fields of conquest
your tents will be our home.
Through days of preparation
your grace has made us strong;
and now, O King eternal,
we lift our battle song.

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