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PEARSALL

Composer: R. L. Pearsall

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Tune Information

Title: PEARSALL
Composer: R. L. Pearsall (1863)
Meter: 7.6.7.6
Incipit: 51713 65543 22313
Key: D Major
Source: St. Gall Gesangbuch, 1863
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

The world is very evil

Lead on, O King Eternal

Lead on, O King eternal,
the day of march has come;
henceforth in fields of conquest
your tents will be our home.
Through days of preparation
your grace has made us strong;
and now, O King eternal,
we lift our battle song.

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Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • 150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
    Composer/Editor Bryan Kelly
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 99
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 133

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #647
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #7627
Text: The World Is Very Evil
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)

Catholic Book of Worship III #455

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #647

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #472

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #720

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #810

Hymns and Psalms #132

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #241a

Audio

Small Church Music #2230

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #7627

Include 61 pre-1979 instances
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