Composer: Frank S. Hunnewell
Hunnewell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in White Plains, New York, was living in 1918, when his 23-year old son Donald was killed in World War I.
Sources
New York Times, November 24, 1918, p. 23
Music--
OAKLAND
PARTING HYMN
SALVATOR
WOODBRIDGE
--www.hymntime.com/tch
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Lead on, O King EternalLead on, O King eternal,
the day of march has come;
henceforth in fields of conquest
your tents will be our home.
Through days of preparation
your grace has made us strong;
and now, O King eternal,
we lift our battle song.
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