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Ho sound the tocsin shout aloud hurrah

Ho sound the tocsin shout aloud hurrah

Author: J. M. Driver
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: J. M. Driver

Rv John Merritte Driver DD PhD DL USA 1857-1918. Born in Jefferson County,IL, he attended Illinois Agricultural College and Boston University. He married Elzire (Elsie) Louise Wiley in 1880, and they had an adopted son, Merritte. He was ordained a Methodist Episcopal minister and served, beginning in Prairie, IL in 1880, and at a number of churches in Chicago and other cities. He pastored the People's Church, Chicago, IL, 1902-07. He was a member of the American & Asiatic Archaelogical Society. He traveled extensively in Europe. He was a lecturer, orator, and writer. He wrote several books, including fiction, history, travel, and a number of hymn lyrics and a few tunes. He co-edited “Songs of the soul” (1885). John Perry Go to person page >

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First Line: Ho sound the tocsin shout aloud hurrah
Author: J. M. Driver
Refrain First Line: Hurrah, stand firm, be valiant in the fight
Copyright: Public Domain

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