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Onward

Add to Starred Hymns

Onward, onward, may we press

Tune: [Onward, onward, may we press]
Published in 4 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Onward, onward, may we press,
Through the path of duty;
Virtue is true happiness,
Excellence, true beauty.
Minds are of celestial birth;
Make we, then a heaven of earth,
Onward, onward, onward,
Through the path of duty.

2 Closer, closer, let us knit
Hearts and hands together,
Where our fireside comfort sit
In the wildest weather.
Oh! they wander wide who roam,
For the joys of life, from home.
Closer, closer, closer,
Hearts and hands together.

Source: The Morning Stars Sang Together: a book of religious songs for Sunday schools and the home circle #79

Text Information

First Line: Onward, onward, may we press
Title: Onward
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[Onward, onward, may we press]Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
[Onward, onward, may we press]


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals18251830183518401845185018551860186518701875188018851890189519001905050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
Page Scan

A Book of Song and Service #87

Page Scan

Hymns for Children, Selected and Altered #69

Selected Hymns for the Use of Children in Families or Sunday School #d78

TextPage Scan

The Morning Stars Sang Together #79

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