Loyal Christian Soldiers

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We are loyal Christian soldiers neath the banner of our Lord

Author: Ida M. Budd (1898)
Tune: [We are loyal Christian soldiers 'neath the banner of our Lord]
Published in 7 hymnals

Author: Ida M. Budd

Ida M. Budd was born in 1859 in a log cabin in Saginaw County, Michigan. When she was three years old her parents moved to Milford, Michigan. She loved nature and books. She decided to be a school teacher, receiving her teaching certificate when she was fifteen. Her first poem was published in 1881. She is known for her poems for children. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	We are loyal Christian soldiers neath the banner of our Lord
Title:	Loyal Christian Soldiers
Author:	Ida M. Budd (1898)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Marching onward, steadily onward
Copyright:	Public Domain