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A Book of Song and Service #133
Display Title: Excelsior First Line: Higher, higher, will we climb Tune Title: [Higher, higher, will we climb] Date: 1905 Subject: Progress and Patriotism |
A Book of Song and Service #133
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Aspirations of Youth
Higher, higher we will [will we] climb
Author: James MontgomeryPublished in 11 hymnals
Author: James Montgomery
James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >Instances
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Sunday School Service Book and Hymnal #121
Display Title: Higher, higher, will we climb First Line: Higher, higher, will we climb Tune Title: EXCELSIOR Date: 1885
Sunday School Service Book and Hymnal #121
Young Singer's Friend #s1
Display Title: Higher, higher we will climb First Line: Higher, higher we will climb Date: 1859
Young Singer's Friend #s1
Heart and Voice #d102
Display Title: Aspirations of youth First Line: Higher, higher we will [will we] climb Author: James Mongtomery Date: 1917
Heart and Voice #d102
Heart and Voice #137
Display Title: Aspirations of Youth First Line: Higher, higher, will we climb Tune Title: [Higher, higher, will we climb] Author: James Mongtomery Date: 1910
Heart and Voice #137
Sunday School Harmonies No. 3 #d13
Display Title: Higher, higher we will [will we] climb First Line: Higher, higher we will [will we] climb Author: James Mongtomery Date: 1886
Sunday School Harmonies No. 3 #d13
The Carol #91
Display Title: Aspirations of Youth First Line: Higher, higher, will we climb Tune Title: [Higher, higher, will we climb] Author: James Mongtomery Date: 1886
The Carol #91
The School Hymn Book #d26
Display Title: Aspirations of youth First Line: Higher, higher we will [will we] climb Author: James Mongtomery Date: 1889
The School Hymn Book #d26
The Sunday School Choir and Superintendent's Assistant #d56
Display Title: Higher, higher we will [will we] climb First Line: Higher, higher we will [will we] climb Author: James Mongtomery Date: 1844
The Sunday School Choir and Superintendent's Assistant #d56
The Sunny Side #d47
Display Title: Aspirations of youth First Line: Higher, higher we will [will we] climb Author: James Mongtomery Date: 1875
The Sunny Side #d47
The Truth Seeker Collection of Forms, Hymns and Recitations, Original and Selected, for the Use of Liberals #d119
Display Title: Higher will we climb First Line: Higher, higher we will [will we] climb Author: James Mongtomery Date: 1877
The Truth Seeker Collection of Forms, Hymns and Recitations, Original and Selected, for the Use of Liberals #d119
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