Sale a la lucha el Salvador

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Sale a la lucha el Salvador

Translator: George P. Simmonds; Author: Reginald Heber
Tune: ALL SAINTS NEW (Cutler)
Published in 8 hymnals

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	LIFT HIGH THE CROSS

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1 Sale a la lucha el Salvador,
corona a conquistar;
Su insignia luce por doquier,
flamante al frente va;

2 Su cáliz ¿quién lo beberá,
triunfando del dolor?
Aquel que lleva aquí su cruz
del Cristo es seguidor.

Source: Celebremos Su Gloria #540

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Translator: George P. Simmonds

Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon Go to person page >

Author: Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber was born in 1783 into a wealthy, educated family. He was a bright youth, translating a Latin classic into English verse by the time he was seven, entering Oxford at 17, and winning two awards for his poetry during his time there. After his graduation he became rector of his father's church in the village of Hodnet near Shrewsbury in the west of England where he remained for 16 years. He was appointed Bishop of Calcutta in 1823 and worked tirelessly for three years until the weather and travel took its toll on his health and he died of a stroke. Most of his 57 hymns, which include "Holy, Holy, Holy," are still in use today. -- Greg Scheer, 1995… Go to person page >

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Sale a la lucha el Salvador
English Title:	The Son of God goes forth to war
Author:	Reginald Heber
Translator:	George P. Simmonds
Meter:	8.6.8.6 D
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	Traducción © 1964, renovado 1978, George P. Simmonds. Propiedad de Elizabeth R. Donaldson. Usada con permiso.

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Tune

ALL SAINTS NEW (Cutler)

Henry Stephen Cutler (b. Boston, MA, 1824; d. Boston, 1902) composed ALL SAINTS NEW in 1872 for Reginald Heber's (PHH 249) text "The Son of God Goes Forth to War," and the two were published together in Hymnal with Tunes, Old and New (1872). That text refers to "the glorious band" of God's people, h…

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