Hear the Trumpet Call

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Hear the trumpet call that's sounding

Author: Palmer Hartsough
Tune: [Hear the trumpet call that's sounding] (Fillmore)
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Hear the trumpet call that’s sounding
To the loyal hosts today,
Far and wide its tones resounding,
And it bids us march away;
For the foe, in proud defiance,
Hath his standard dark unfurled,
But in God is our reliance,
And He bids us save the world.

Refrain:
Hear the trumpet call,
Forward march, ye conq’ring legions,
Forward, one and all!
In the cause of truth and right.
Strike the pow’rs of wrong,
Lighten up the darkened regions,
And with joy and song,
Forward march in Jehovah’s might.

2 Courage, then, my comrade brother,
Keep the step in brave accord,
In the world there is no other
Like the service of the Lord;
Never field so bright in glory
As the battle ground with sin;
Never deed so great in story
As the vict’ry we shall win. [Refrain]

Source: Hymns for Today: for Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies, The Church, The Home, Community Welfare Associations, and Patriotic Meetings #145

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Author: Palmer Hartsough

Rv Palmer Hartsough USA 1844-1932. Born in Redford, MI, he attended Kalamazoo College and Michigan State Normal school (later MSU). He became an author, editor, lyricist, and librettist. After working as a traveling singing teacher in MI, IL, IA, OH, KY and TN, he opened a music studio in Rock Island, IL, around 1877, also directing music at a Baptist church there. In 1893, due to his poetic abilities, he moved to Cincinnati, OH, and joined the Fillmore Music Company, providing texts (over 1000) for their music. He also served as music director at the Bethel Mission and the 9th Street Baptist Church. He became a traveling song evangelist in 1903, and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1906, serving in Ontario, Canada, and MI from 191… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Hear the trumpet call that's sounding
Title:	Hear the Trumpet Call
Author:	Palmer Hartsough
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1912
Copyright:	Public Domain