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WHARNCLIFFE

Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: T. Worsley Staniforth Incipit: 11123 56513 23343

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Onward, Christian soldiers

Appears in 1,873 hymnals Used With Tune: WHARNCLIFFE
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Jesus, thou hast willed it

Author: Rev. Henry Jenner Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: The Church Used With Tune: WHARNCLIFFE
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Jesus! Name of Sweetness

Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: [Jesus! Name of Sweetness]

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Onward, Christian soldiers

Hymnal: Hymns for the Children of the Church #341 (1907) Languages: English Tune Title: WHARNCLIFFE
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Jesus, thou hast willed it

Author: Rev. Henry Jenner Hymnal: The Book of Common Praise #564 (1939) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Topics: The Church Tune Title: WHARNCLIFFE
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Jesus! Name of Sweetness

Hymnal: The Durham Mission Tune Book #52 (1888) Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus! Name of Sweetness]

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T. Worsley Staniforth

1845 - 1909 Composer of "WHARNCLIFFE" in Hymns for the Children of the Church

Henry Jenner

1848 - 1934 Person Name: Rev. Henry Jenner Author of "Jesus, thou hast willed it" in The Book of Common Praise Jenner, Henry, son of H. L. Jenner, D.D., sometime Bishop of Dunedin, born in 1848, is the author of one hymn only, “Jesus, Thou hast willed it," which was written in 1870 for the anniversary of the Society for Promoting the Unity of Christendom, and was first sung in procession at St. Michael's, Shoreditch, on “the Octave of Our Lady St. Mary," 1870, to a tune by his father. It is in the Scotch Ch. Hymnary, 1898. [Rev. John Brownlie] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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