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Author: William Hodges Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: We’re a band that shall conquer the foe Refrain First Line: I believe we shall win Lyrics: 1 We’re a band that shall conquer the foe, If we fight in the strength of the King; With the sword of the Spirit, we know, We sinners to Jesus will bring. Refrain: I believe we shall win; If we fight in the strength of the King; I believe we shall win; If we fight in the strength of the King. 2 We have conquered in times that are past, And scattered the foe from the field; So we’ll fight for the King to the last, And the sword of the Spirit we’ll wield. [Refrain] 3 Our foe may be mighty and brave, And the fighting be hard and severe; But the King is the mighty to save; And in conflict He always is near. [Refrain] 4 In the name of the King we will fight, With our banners unfurled to the breeze; We will battle for God and the right, And the kingdom of Satan we’ll seize. [Refrain] 5 Ever true to our leader’s command, We will fight in the name of the King; We shall win with the fire and the blood, And the world to His feet we shall bring. [Refrain] Used With Tune: SWEET BY AND BY Text Sources: Salvation Army's War Cry, February 7, 1880, alt.

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SWEET BY AND BY

Meter: 9.9.9.9.6.9.6.9 Appears in 409 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph P. Webster Tune Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Believe_We_Shall_Win); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (461); The Salvation Army, Songs and Music, 1922 (174) Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 12321 21651 23335 Used With Text: I Believe We Shall Win

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I Believe We Shall Win

Hymnal: Songs and Music #174 (1922) First Line: We're a band that shall conquer the foe Languages: English Tune Title: [We're a band that shall conquer the foe]

We've a Band That Shall Conquer the Foe

Hymnal: The Evangel of Song #76 (1889) Refrain First Line: I believe we shall win, we shall win Languages: English

I Believe We Shall Win

Author: William Hodgson Hymnal: 50 Favorites #22 (2013) First Line: We’re a band that shall conquer the foe Lyrics: 1. We’re a band that shall conquer the foe, If we fight in the strength of the King; With the sword of the Spirit we know We sinners to Jesus shall bring. Refrain: I believe we shall win, If we fight in the strength of the King; I believe we shall win, If we fight in the strength of the King. 2. We have conquered in times that are past, And have scattered the foe from the field; So we’ll fight for the King till the last, And the sword of the Spirit we’ll wield. 3. Our foe may be mighty and brave, And the fighting be hard and severe; But the King is the Mighty to Save, And in conflict He always is near. 4. Ever true in the army of God, We will fight in the name of the King; We shall win with the fire and the blood, And the world to His feet we shall bring. Languages: English Tune Title: SWEET BY AND BY

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Joseph Philbrick Webster

1819 - 1875 Person Name: Joseph P. Webster Composer of "SWEET BY AND BY" in Timeless Truths Webster composed and performed popular music. He studied with Lowell Mason and was active musically in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and directed a quartet company called the Euterpeans. In 1851, he moved to Madison, Indiana, followed by Chicago, Illinois (1855); Racine, Wisconsin (1856); and finally Elkhorn, Wisconsin (1859). Webster wrote over a thousand ballads and many hymns. His most famous secular song was his 1857 Lorena (words by Henry D. L. Webster). In its day, it was said to have been second in popularity only to Stephen Foster’s Suwanee River, and was sung by thousands of soldiers on both sides of the American civil war. An instrumental version appears in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, when Scarlett O’Hara is manning the stall at the charity dance in her mourning outfit. The tune also made an appearance in two John Ford films: The Searchers, 1956, arranged by Max Steiner, and The Horse Soldiers, 1959, arranged by David Buttolph. (http://www.hymntime.com/tch)