Clear the Way

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Men of thought, be up, and stirring

Author: Charles Mackay
Tune: TEMPLE (Hopkins)
Published in 10 hymnals

Author: Charles Mackay

Charles Mackay, the well known writer, was born at Perth, 1814, and died Dec. 24, 1889. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Men of thought, be up, and stirring
Title:	Clear the Way
Author:	Charles Mackay
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Clear the way
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Men of thought, be up and stirring. C. Mackay. [Courage and Activity.] This spirited song appeared in his Voices from the Crowd, 1816 (4th ed., 1851, p. 7). Its author, Charles Mackay, the well known writer, was born at Perth, 1814, and died Dec. 24, 1889.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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