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| Text: | Climb Up Your Golden Height (Accolade to a Champion) |
| Author: | Tieleman Jansz van Braght, 1625-1664 |
| Recaster: | John J. Overholt |
| Translator: | J. F. Sohm |
| Tune: | RITTERSCHLAG |
| Composer: | John J. Overholt |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Climb up your golden height |
| Title: | Climb Up Your Golden Height (Accolade to a Champion) |
| Dutch Title: | Klimt op uw' gulden Hoogtt' |
| Author: | Tieleman Jansz van Braght, 1625-1664 |
| Translator: | J. F. Sohm (1886) |
| Recaster: | John J. Overholt (1975) |
| Meter: | 6.6.6.6. with Ref. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1972 |
| Source: | Martyrs' Mirror, From |
| Copyright: | © Copyright 1975 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers. All rights reserved. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | RITTERSCHLAG |
| Composer: | John J. Overholt (1975) |
| Meter: | 6.6.6.6. with Ref. |
| Incipit: | 31321 71651 3323 |
| Key: | G Major |
| Copyright: | © Copyright 1975 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers. All rights reserved. |
The above tribute was paid by Van Braght to the martyr, Gerardus, who for the testimony of Jesus Christ went singing before his companions, five other men, two women, and a girl, on the way to burning at the stake in Cologne, Germany, A. D. 1163.
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