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The King of the world is passing by

The King of the world is passing by

Author: Johannah Fraser
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Johannah Fraser

Fraser, Johannah. (Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 1871--July 26, 1932, Toronto, Ontario). Roman Catholic. Emigrating to Canada as a child, she joined in 1891 the Sisters of St. Joseph, Toronto, taking the name of Sister M. Geraldine. As a teacher in Toronto's separate schools, she composed many poems, songs, plays, and operettas on Catholic subjects for use with her pupils, culminating in The Lone Company, a play about Jesuit martyrs, which she wrote at the request of Archbishop Neil McNeil and produced in conjunction with the Christian Brothers. In 1923, she sent to a Eucharistic Congress in Chicago eight lines of verse beginning "The King of the world is passing by," using "The Unknown Soldier" as a pseudonym; though astonished by th… Go to person page >

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First Line: The King of the world is passing by
Author: Johannah Fraser
Refrain First Line: Son of God, thy word divine
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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Jubilee Hymns for Church and School #d20

Jubilee Hymns for Church and School #d20

Jubilee Hymns. Parish worship ed. #d75

Jubilee Hymns. Parish worship ed. #d75

Jubilee Hymns. Parish worship ed. with supplement #ad75

Jubilee Hymns. Parish worship ed. with supplement #ad75

Parish Worship II. New ed. #d53

Parish Worship II. New ed. #d53
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