Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#482

482. Forward Through the Ages

Text Information

• First Line: Forward through the ages
• Title: Forward Through the Ages
• Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1908, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Forward through the ages
• Meter: 65.65D w. refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 12
  ;
  Hebrews 11
• Topic: Church: Nature and Strength; Pilgrimage

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GERTRUDE
• Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan (1871)
• Meter: 65.65D w. refrain
• Key: D Major

Text Information:

Hosmer served both Congregational and Unitarian churches from Massachusetts to California

Tune Information:

Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan renown) composed fifty-six hymn tunes, but ST. GERTRUDE is the only one that we retain