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The Army of the Wine-King

Author: Mrs. A. L. Davison Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Watchman, on the mountain standing Refrain First Line: To arms! to arms! Used With Tune: [Watchman, on the mountain standing]
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[Watchman, on the mountain standing]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Rosecrans Incipit: 55153 45655 72754 Used With Text: The Army of the Wine-King
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The Army of the Wine-King

Author: Mrs. A. L. Davison Hymnal: Sabbath Bells #101 (1884) First Line: Watchman, on the mountain standing Refrain First Line: To arms! to arms! Languages: English Tune Title: [Watchman, on the mountain standing]
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The Army of the Wine-King

Author: Mrs. A. L. Davison Hymnal: Temperance Jewels #21 (1879) First Line: Watchman, on the mountain standing Refrain First Line: To arms! to arms!
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J. H. Rosecrans

1845 - 1926 Composer of "[Watchman, on the mountain standing]" in Sabbath Bells James Holmes Rosecrans stu­died at the Baxter Un­i­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic in Friend­ship, New York. Af­ter teaching for two years, he joined the Fill­more Bro­thers Mu­sic House in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. As of 1880, he was teach­ing mu­sic in Doug­las Coun­ty, Col­o­ra­do. In 1884, was an evan­gel­ist in California, and later was as­so­ci­ated with evan­gel­is­tic efforts in Tex­as, and taught mu­sic and Bi­ble at Carl­ton College in Bon­ham, Tex­as. He pub­lished over 20 music col­lect­ions in his life­time. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
J. H. Rosecrans

Mrs. A. L. Davison

1851 - 1887 Author of "The Army of the Wine-King" in Sabbath Bells Fannie Estelle Davison Born: 1851, Cuy­a­ho­ga Falls, Ohio. Died: March 10, 1887, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. Buried: Carth­age, Mis­sou­ri. Fannie’s fa­ther was killed when she was 10 years old; af­ter her mo­ther’s re­mar­ri­age to ho­tel­i­er Hen­ry War­ner, the fam­i­ly moved to Carth­age, Mis­sou­ri. Fan­nie mar­ried court re­port­er Asa Lee Da­vis­on and they moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, then Ma­di­son, Wis­con­sin. Sev­er­al of her songs ap­peared in pub­li­ca­tions from the Fill­more Bro­thers of Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, in­clud­ing Songs of Gra­ti­tude (1877), Joy and Glad­ness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882). Lyrics-- Last Words, The Purer in Heart, O God © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)
Mrs. A. L. Davison
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