Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again

[Marching on in the light of God]

[Marching on in the light of God]

Composer: Robert Johnson (1883)
Published in 14 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Robert Johnson

19th Century Born: Scotland. Pseudonym: Captain Johnson. Johnson worked for the Salvation Army (SA) in Scotland and in London. A singer and violinist, some of his songs appeared in the SA’s War Cry and Musical Salvationist, 1882-7.  Go to person page >

^ top

Tune Information

Title: [Marching on in the light of God]
Composer: Robert Johnson (1883)
Meter: 8.7.8.5 with refrain
Incipit: 35531 46657 76551
Key: C Major
Source: Salvation Army's Scottish Anniversary Report, 1882-1883
Copyright: Public Domain
^ top

Timeline

^ top

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4167
Text: Marching on in the Light of God
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
^ top

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #511

Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #511
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4167

The Cyber Hymnal #4167
Include 12 pre-1979 instances
All instances^ top
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.