Who Wrote Onward Christian Soldiers?
"The stirring music of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers' is the product of Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer not only of the famous 'Lost Chord' but of all the operettas, such as H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado, that he created with his witty playwright associate, W.S. Gilbert. The words for 'Onward, Christian Soldiers' came not from the irreverent Gilbert but from an English divine, [Reverend] Sabine Baring-Gould [1834 - 1924], who one evening in 1865 was trying to write something for the children of his parish to sing for the Whitsunday procession. 'I just sat up all night,' he said later,'until I thought of something.' Winston Churchill picked that 'something' to be part of the ceremonies at the signing of the Atlantic Charter on board the Prince of Wales on August 10, 1941, because, he said, 'I felt we were serving a cause for the sake of which a trumpet has sounded on high!' President Franklin D. Roosevelt was among those whose voices, along with Churchill's, were raised in song on that historic occasion." —100 Favorite Songs Of Faith, Friendship And Love
*The Atlantic Charter established a vision for a post-World War II world, despite the fact that the United States had yet to enter the war... In brief, the points of agreement of the Atlantic Charter were:
This agreement proved to be one of the first steps towards the formation of the United Nations in 1945. Onward, Christian Soldiers Lyrics Onward Christian soldiers, CHORUS Onward Christian soldiers, Like a mighty army CHORUS Onward, then, ye people, CHORUS  |
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