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[The world is stirred by the pomp of war]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 33363 34475 51543 Used With Text: The Army of No Retreat

Author: E. E. Rexford; H. B. Milward Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The world is stirred by the pomp of war Refrain First Line: No retreat, no retreat Used With Tune: [The world is stirred by the pomp of war]

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The Army of No Retreat

Author: E. E. Rexford; H. B. Milward Hymnal: Gospel Songs for Men #55 (1914) First Line: The world is stirred by the pomp of war Refrain First Line: No retreat, no retreat Languages: English Tune Title: [The world is stirred by the pomp of war]

The army of no retreat

Author: E. E. Rexford; H. B. Milward Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #191 (1911) First Line: The world is stirred by the pomp of war Refrain First Line: No retreat, no retreat Topics: Courage; Rally Day; Resolution; Temperance; Victory; Warfare Languages: English Tune Title: [The world is stirred by the pomp of war]

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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[The world is stirred by the pomp of war]" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Person Name: E. E. Rexford Author of "The army of no retreat" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================