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[The Son of God goes forth to war] (Babcock)

[The Son of God goes forth to war] (Babcock)

Composer: Maltbie D. Babcock
Published in 3 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Maltbie D. Babcock

Maltbie D. Babcock (b. Syracuse, NY, 1858; d. Naples, Italy, 1901) graduated from Syracuse University, New York, and Auburn Theological Seminary (now associated with Union Theological Seminary in New York) and became a Presbyterian minister. He served the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. In Baltimore he was especially popular with students from Johns Hopkins University, but he ministered to people from all walks of life. Babcock wrote hymn texts and devotional, poems, some of which were published in The School Hymnal (1899). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [The Son of God goes forth to war] (Babcock)
Composer: Maltbie D. Babcock
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Incipit: 33556 65513 21713
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

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Hymns and Carols #24

Hymns and Carols #24
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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #507b

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #507b
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The New Children's Hymnal #112a

The New Children's Hymnal #112a
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