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A soldier's course, from battles won
Author: Thomas Gisborne Appears in 27 hymnals
A soldier's course, from battles won
A soldier's course, from battles won
Author: Gisborne Hymnal: Devotional hymns #S139 (1880) Languages: English
A soldier's course, from battles won
A soldier's course, from battles won
Author: Thomas Gisborne Hymnal: Melodies and Hymns for Divine Service in Appleton Chapel #a261 (1870) Languages: English
A soldier's course, from battles won
A soldier's course, from battles won
Author: Gisborne Hymnal: Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a451 (1864) Languages: English
A soldier's course, from battles won
Thomas Gisborne
1758 - 1846 Author of "A soldier's course, from battles won" Thomas Gisborne was born at Derby, in 1758. He became perpetual Curate of Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, in 1783, and Prebendary of Durham in 1826. He died in 1846.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.
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Osborne, Thomas, M.A., son of Mr. John Gisborne, of Yoxall, was b. circa 1760, and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was 5th Wrangler of his year, and Chancellor's Medalist, graduating B.A. in 1780, and M.A. in 1783. Subsequently he became a Prebendary of Durham. He was the author of Sermons; the Duties of Men; the Duties of Women; Poems Sacred and Moral, 1799 (to the later editions of which his hymns were added), 3rd ed. 1803; and of another volume of poetry entitled, Walks in a Forest, 1795. The following hymns by him are found in the Uttoxeter Selection:—
1. A soldier's course from battles won. Soldiers of Christ. No. 72, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and in several hymn-books.
2. Hark! 'tis the bell with solemn toll. Death. No. 74, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines.
3. O Father, glorify Thy name. In Sickness. No. 92, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines.
4. Saviour! when night involves the skies. Christ All and in All. No. 80, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines.
5. Thy humblest works with full accord. Teachings of Nature. No. 118, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines.
6. When groves by moonlight silence keep. The hour of Peace. No. 116, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines.
All the above hymns, except No. 2, are in Gisborne's Poems, 3rd ed., 1803.
-- Julian, John, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Thomas Gisborne
