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The Sunday School Brigade

Representative Text

1 Hear the tramp, tramp, tramp of the Sunday-School Brigade,
Whether rain or shine we are always on parade;
By our Savior led, in the sunshine of His love,
We are marching on to the land of joy above.

Refrain:
Marching on, on, on, on to glory
Making known the blessed story;
There is joy, joy, joy for each girl and boy,
In the Sunday-School Brigade.

2 With the cross held high in the blessed gospel light,
Eyes aglow with love, as the sun our banner bright;
Dreading not the storm, fearing not the waiting foe,
Singing songs of praise, on and on with Christ we go. [Refrain]

3 Hear the tramp, tramp, tramp of the Sunday-School Brigade,
We will win that crown that will never, never fade;
We will trust our King, whersoever be the way,
We will follow Him to the realm of endless day. [Refrain]

Source: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #160

Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Hear the tramp, tramp, tramp of the Sunday school brigade
Title: The Sunday School Brigade
Author: James Rowe (1907)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Marching on, on, on
Publication Date: 1907
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

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Assembly Songs #146

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Carmina Sacra #38

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Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #160

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Greatest Hymns #350

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Hymni Ecclesiae #513

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Hymns of Glory #146

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Jewels for Juniors #88

Ministry in Song #d46

Praise and Service #d56

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Revival Glory #150

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Service in Song #141

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The King of Kings #31

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The New Evangel #177

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The World Evangel #168

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Treasury of Song #188

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