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Forget them not, O Christ, who stand

Representative Text

1 Forget them not, O Christ, who stand
Thy vanguard in the distant land.

2 In flood, in flame, in dark, in dread,
Sustain, we pray, each lifted head.

3 Exalt them over every fear,
In peril come Thyself more near.

4 Thine is the work they strive to do,
Their foes so many, they so few.

5 Be with Thine own, Thy loved, who stand,
Christ's vanguard in the storm-swept land.

Amen.

Source: The Christian Hymnary: books 1-4 #540

Author: Margaret E. M. Sangster

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Text Information

First Line: Forget them not, O Christ, who stand
Author: Margaret E. M. Sangster
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

TRURO

TRURO, a tune of unknown authorship, first printed in Musica Sacra, Being a Choice Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes . . . As They Are Used in . . . the Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapels (Bath: W. Gye, ca. 1778 | Fig. 4). It appeared there with “Zion, awake; arise, arise!” which, like Figure 2…

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ELSENHAM


FRITWELL


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The Christian Hymnary #540

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The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #789

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The New Hymnal for American Youth #260

The New Hymnal for American Youth #260

The New Hymnal of Praise #d89

The Student Hymnary #d89

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