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[Hear and heed the call of Christ today]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. James A. Sutherland Incipit: 35611 17672 34766
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Steadfast and True

Author: Ira B. Wilson Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Hear and heed the call of Christ today Refrain First Line: Soldiers of Jesus, make no delay! Used With Tune: [Hear and heed the call of Christ today]
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Author: Ira B. Wilson Hymnal: The Gospel Message Choir #21 (1929) First Line: Hear and heed the call of Christ today Refrain First Line: Soldiers of Jesus, make no delay Lyrics: 1 Hear and heed the call of Christ today, He has need of soldiers for the fray; In the front He has a place for you; Soldiers of Jesus, be steadfast and true! Refrain: Soldiers of Jesus, make no delay! Hark, He is calling, calling today! Forward then, O speed you; Follow where He leads you; Soldiers of Jesus, be steadfast and true! 2 Though the hosts of Satan may assail, Trust in Christ—in Him you shall prevail. He who leads you will your strength renew; Soldiers of Jesus, be steadfast and true! [Refrain] 3 Forward, then, O soldiers of the King! Let your songs of triumph gladly ring; Never falter, every duty do; Soldiers of Jesus, be steadfast and true! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear and heed the call of Christ today]
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Soldiers of Jesus, make no delay!

Author: Ira B. Wilson Hymnal: Revival Hymns #85 (1905) First Line: Hear and heed the call of Christ today Lyrics: 1 Hear and heed the call of Christ today, He has need of soldiers for the fray: In the front He has a place for you; Soldiers of Jesus, be steadfast and true! Refrain: Soldiers of Jesus, make no delay! Hark, He is calling, calling today! Forward then, O speed you; Follow where He leads you; Soldiers of Jesus, be steadfast and true! 2 Though the hosts of Satan may assail, Trust in Christ—in Him you shall prevail. He who leads you will your strength renew; Soldiers of Jesus, be steadfast and true! [Refrain] 3 Forward, then, O soldiers of the King! Let your songs of triumph gladly ring; Never falter, every duty do; Soldiers of Jesus, be steadfast and true! [Refrain] Tune Title: [Hear and heed the call of Christ today]
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Steadfast And True

Author: Ira Bishop Wilson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #16746 First Line: Hear and heed the call of Christ to­day Refrain First Line: Soldiers of Jesus, make no de­lay! Lyrics: 1 Hear and heed the call of Christ to­day, He has need of sol­diers for the fray; In the front He has a place for you; Soldiers of Je­sus, be stead­fast and true! Refrain: Soldiers of Jesus, make no de­lay! Hark, He is call­ing, call­ing to­day! Forward then, O speed you; Follow where He leads you; Soldiers of Jesus, be stead­fast and true! 2 Though the hosts of Sa­tan may as­sail, Trust in Christ—in Him you shall pre­vail. He who leads you will your strength re­new; Soldiers of Jesus, be stead­fast and true! [Refrain] 3 Forward, then, O sol­diers of the King! Let your songs of tri­umph glad­ly ring; Never fal­ter, ev­ery duty do; Soldiers of Je­sus, be stead­fast and true! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear and heed the call of Christ to­day]
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Ira B. Wilson

1880 - 1950 Author of "Steadfast and True" in Songs of Help Ira Bishop Wilson, 1880-1950 Born: Sep­tem­ber 6, 1880, Bed­ford, Io­wa. Died: Ap­ril 3, 1950, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia. Buried: For­est Lawn Me­mor­i­al Park, Glen­dale, Cal­i­for­nia. Pseudonym: Fred B. Hol­ton. Wilson’s sis­ter taught him to play the vi­o­lin and or­gan while still at home. Around 1902, Ira be­gan stu­dies at the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. In 1905, he went to work for the Lorenz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny in Day­ton, Ohio. His com­po­si­tions ap­peared in The Choir Lead­er and The Choir Her­ald; he al­so served as ed­it­or in chief of The Vol­un­teer Choir. His works in­clude: The King’s Mes­sage, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (New York: Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1910) The Be­gin­ners’ Choir, with Ed­mund Lor­enz (Day­ton, Ohio: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1911) Praise Ye, a Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Songs, with Ed­mund Lor­enz (New York: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1913) His Worthy Praise, with Ed­mund Lor­enz (Day­ton, Ohio: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1915) Sources-- Hall, pp. 413-5 Lyrics-- Go For­ward to Con­quer Look Above Make Me a Bless­ing © 1924 My Sav­ior’s Voice This Won­der­ful Christ Is Mine Trustingly Fol­low Music-- Across the Temp­led Hills Angels’ Chor­us, The Christ Is Born Christ the Lord Is Born Christmas Lull­a­by Conchita Exalt the King Give Praise God Is Good­ness, God Is Love God Is So Good He Arose To­day His Love Is Al­ways True Jesus Wants Us to Help Joy to the World Loving Je­sus Christ Marching For­ward May God De­pend on You? Night of Nights O Star of Match­less Splen­dor On Cal­va­ry’s Cross One Day Out in the High­ways and By­ways of Life Rejoice! Re­joice! Ring, Sweet Bells Song of the Morn­ing, The Stars of De­cem­ber Walking with Je­sus Was There Ev­er a Friend So True? We Come To­day What Do the Flow­ers Say? Who Will Our Pi­lot Be? Win One --hymntime.com/tch
Ira B. Wilson

Mrs. James A. Sutherland

Composer of "[Hear and heed the call of Christ today]" in Songs of Help Beatrice Alson Wilson Sutherland
Mrs. James A. Sutherland
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