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[Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55655 34511 17444 Used With Text: Rally for the Right

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord Refrain First Line: Rally, then; rally, then; rally for the right Lyrics: 1 Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord, Fall into line, fall into line; Gird on the armor, both the shield and the sword, Fall into line, fall into line. Chorus: Rally, then; rally, then; rally for the right; God needs the brave and true; Rally, then; rally, then; rally in your might; God is calling you. 2 There is a battle to be fought in the right, Fall into line, fall into line; And we can win it if we strike in our might, Fall into line, fall into line. [Chorus] 3 Earnest the conflict, needing brave men and strong, Fall into line, fall into line; We will not falter though the struggle be long, Fall into line, fall into line. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord]

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Rally for the Right

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Junior Songs #32 (1892) First Line: Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord Refrain First Line: Rally, then; rally, then; rally for the right Lyrics: 1 Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord, Fall into line, fall into line; Gird on the armor, both the shield and the sword, Fall into line, fall into line. Chorus: Rally, then; rally, then; rally for the right; God needs the brave and true; Rally, then; rally, then; rally in your might; God is calling you. 2 There is a battle to be fought in the right, Fall into line, fall into line; And we can win it if we strike in our might, Fall into line, fall into line. [Chorus] 3 Earnest the conflict, needing brave men and strong, Fall into line, fall into line; We will not falter though the struggle be long, Fall into line, fall into line. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord]

Rally for the Right

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Showers of Blessing #37 (1888) First Line: Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord Refrain First Line: Rally, then; rally, then; rally for the right Lyrics: 1 Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord, Fall into line, fall into line; Gird on the armor, both the shield and the sword, Fall into line, fall into line. Refrain: Rally, then; rally, then; rally for the right; God needs the brave and true; Rally, then; rally, then; rally in your mighty; God is calling you. 2 There is a battle to be fought in the right, Fall into line, fall into line; And we can win it if we strike in our might, Fall into line, fall into line. [Refrain] 3 Earnest the conflict, needing brave men and strong, Fall into line, fall into line; We will not falter though the struggle be long, Fall into line, fall into line. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord]

Rally for the Right

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Words of Life #20 (1889) First Line: Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord Refrain First Line: Rally then; rally, then Languages: English Tune Title: [Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "Rally for the Right" in Junior Songs Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke ============ Hoffman, Elisha Albright, author of "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?" (Holiness desired), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1839. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==============

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Soldiers recruiting in the ranks of the Lord]" in Showers of Blessing William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman