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[Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call]

Appears in 24 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: M. Pauline Gilmour Incipit: 33324 33226 25221 Used With Text: Volunteers to the Front!

Author: Mrs. E. E. Williams Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call Refrain First Line: Away to the battle-field, away, away Used With Tune: [Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call]

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Volunteers, To The Front!

Author: Mrs. E. E. Williams, 1832-1895 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12929 First Line: Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call Refrain First Line: Away to the battlefield, away, away! Lyrics: 1 Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call, O be swift to answer, comrades, one and all; Girding on your armor, haste to march away, For the Lord is calling, To the front today! Refrain: Away to the battlefield, away, away! The King calls for soldiers in His ranks today; Hear the bugles calling, into line be falling, Forth to the battlefield, away, away! 2 Volunteers are wanted! valiant men and true, In the ranks, my brother, there is room for you; Christ is the commander, let us all obey When He gives the order, To the front today! [Refrain] 3 Volunteers are wanted! for on land and sea Satan’s starving bondmen clamor to be free; Hasten to their rescue; if you still delay Blood-bought souls must perish, To the front today! [Refrain] 4 Volunteers are wanted! on the battle plain Soldiers brave are falling, ne’er to fight again; Who will take their places in the deadly fray? Who will march with Jesus To the front today? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call]

Volunteers to the Front!

Author: Mrs. E. E. Williams Hymnal: The Old Story in Song #126 (1906) First Line: Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call Refrain First Line: Away to the battle-field, away, away Lyrics: 1 Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call, O be swift to answer, comrades one and all; Girding on your armor, haste to march away, For the Lord is calling, “to the front today!” Refrain: Away to the battle-field, away, away! The King calls for soldiers in his ranks today, Hear the bugle calling into line be falling, Forth to the battle-field, away, away! 2 Volunteers are wanted! valiant men and true, In the ranks, my brother, there is room for you; Christ is the commander, let us all obey When he gives the order, “to the front today!” [Refrain] 3 Volunteers are wanted! for on land and sea Satan’s starving bondmen clamor to be free; Hasten to their rescue, if you still delay Blood-bought souls must perish, to the front today! [Refrain] 4 Volunteers are wanted! on the battle-plain Soldiers brave are falling, ne’er to fight again; Who will take their places in the deadly fray? Who will march with Jesus to the front today? [Refrain] 5 Volunteers are wanted! let the ranks be filled, Soon the din of battle will in peace be stilled; See! the clouds are lifting, soon they’ll clear away, Glory gilds the heights along the front today. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call]

Volunteers to the Front

Author: Mrs. E. E. Williams Hymnal: Songs for the Sunday School #78 (1921) First Line: Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call Refrain First Line: Away to the battle-field, away, away Languages: English Tune Title: [Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call]

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Mrs. E. E. Williams

Person Name: Mrs. E. E. Williams, 1832-1895 Author of "Volunteers, To The Front!" in The Cyber Hymnal

Pauline Gilmour Hatch

1871 - 1955 Composer of "[Volunteers are wanted! hear the stirring call]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: April 3, 1871, Cape May, New Jersey. Hatch was the only daughter of Henry L. Gilmour. She showed a love for music at an early age, which was encouraged and cultivated in a musical atmosphere. William J. Kirkpatrick was her first instrumental teacher. She later received a diploma from the South Jersey Institute, Bridgeton, New Jersey, and also took a course at Richard Zeckwer’s Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married H. Morgan Hatch of Delair, New Jersey, October 30, 1903. Sources-- Showalter, p. 276 Music-- GO FORWARD JESUS, REFUGE OF MY SOUL OUR DEARLY LOVED BANNER PEACE HYMN OF NATIONS VOLUNTEERS, TO THE FRONT © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)