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Who will join the army

Author: R. N. Turner Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Forward moves the army

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[Forward moves the army]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 53513 16216 55351 Used With Text: Forward Moves the Army

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Forward Moves the Army

Author: Mrs. R. N. Turner Hymnal: The Voice of Melody #96 (1900) Refrain First Line: Who will join the army Languages: English Tune Title: [Forward moves the army]

Who will join the army

Author: R. N. Turner Hymnal: Songs of Conquest No. l #d16 (1903) First Line: Forward moves the army

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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[Forward moves the army]" in The Voice of Melody John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1888) Gems of Gos­pel Song Golden Sun­beams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Bea­con Light The Sing­ing School Ban­ner The An­them Of­fer­ing The Amer­i­can An­them Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Cancún Come to Je­sus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Pray­er Jesus Is Pass­ing This Way Jubilate! My An­chor Is Hold­ing Nothing Be­tween Onward Christ­ian Sol­diers Sabbath Bell San Fran­cis­co We’ll Ne­ver Say Good­bye Where Will You Spend Eter­ni­ty? --www.hymntime.com/tch

Mrs. R. N. Turner

1857 - 1957 Author of "Forward Moves the Army" in The Voice of Melody Fronie Bell Turner, married to Rev. R. N. Turner, pastor in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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