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[Following the King before us]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Howard E. Smith Incipit: 56715 67156 71745 Used With Text: Going to the Front

Children's Day

Author: James Rowe Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Sounds of gladness Used With Tune: [Sounds of gladness]

Author: James Rowe Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Following the King before us Refrain First Line: There to fight Lyrics: 1 Following the King before us, Marching in his light, Learning how to fight For the truth and right; With love’s banner waving o’er us, And our armour bright, We are going to the front. Chorus: There to fight With our might For the right, We are going to the front. 2 Free from trouble, care and sadness, Happy here below, Singing as we go, Fearing not the foe, Thanking Jesus for the gladness Which today we know, We are going to the front. [Chorus] 3 Well assured that he will guard us, Guide us and defend, Strength and courage lend, When our own we spend; And assured that he’ll reward us When the fight shall end, We are going to the front. [Chorus] Topics: Martial; Primary; Warfare and Victory Used With Tune: [Following the King before us]

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Going to the Front

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Inspiring Songs No. 1 #49 (1906) First Line: Following the King before us Refrain First Line: There to fight Lyrics: 1 Following the King before us, Marching in his light, Learning how to fight For the truth and right; With love’s banner waving o’er us, And our armour bright, We are going to the front. Chorus: There to fight With our might For the right, We are going to the front. 2 Free from trouble, care and sadness, Happy here below, Singing as we go, Fearing not the foe, Thanking Jesus for the gladness Which today we know, We are going to the front. [Chorus] 3 Well assured that he will guard us, Guide us and defend, Strength and courage lend, When our own we spend; And assured that he’ll reward us When the fight shall end, We are going to the front. [Chorus] Topics: Martial; Primary; Warfare and Victory Languages: English Tune Title: [Following the King before us]

Children's Day

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Little Branches No. 4 #55 (1906) First Line: Sounds of gladness Languages: English Tune Title: [Sounds of gladness]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Going to the Front" in Inspiring Songs No. 1 Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)