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The Song Book of The Salvation Army – Contains the words only. [641] The Tune Book of The Salvation Army – Two Editions for accompaniment either by means of Piano or Brass Band : Piano Version, and Brass Band (varying parts: Solo Cornet, Euphonium, etc.)
The Joystrings (originally credited as The Joy Strings) were a 1960s British Christian music group led by classically trained keyboard player and singer Joy Webb, who was an officer in the Salvation Army. [1]
The Lily of the Valley is a standard gospel song which has appeared in many protestant hymnals. It was written by Charles W. Fry reflecting his experience with the Salvation Army. Fry and his family were members of the Salvation Army organization founded by William Booth which was then in crisis. It is recorded that Fry did not like the abuse ...
[1] [2] The Salvation Army adopted the hymn as its favoured processional. [3] The piece became Sullivan's most popular hymn. [1] The hymn's theme is taken from references in the New Testament to the Christian being a soldier for Christ, for example II Timothy 2:3 : "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."
Hymn books commonly omit the second stanza, [5] which is described as an optional verse in the originally published version. [2] In Salvation Army hymn books, the line "God the mighty Maker" in stanza four is changed to "Christ the mighty maker". [5] As well as the refrain included by Ralph E. Hudson, other hymn books have added a chorus to the ...
The Commissioner was elected General of The Salvation Army by the High Council in 1954. During his years as an officer, he wrote many songs in The Salvation Army song book. In 1961, he was awarded a Hon. LLD in Yonsei, Korea, and CBE in 1964. He also wrote two books, Soldier of Salvation (1963), and his autobiography, A Goodly Heritage (1967 ...
Several songs were written parodying the Salvation Army's hymns, [1] "The Preacher and the Slave" being the most successful. In this song, Joe Hill coined the phrase "pie in the sky". [4] [5] The song is often referred to as "Pie in the Sky", or as "Long Haired Preachers" (which was its original title).
"The Salvation Army" 1930 B ♭ minor / B ♭ / E ♭ / B ♭ / E ♭ I-AA-BB-C-Br-C-Br-C "The Salvation Army" was composed on request of Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army. It premiered in New York on fiftieth anniversary of Salvation Army. [16] —