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The Son of God Goes Forth to War (1812) is a hymn by Reginald Heber [1] which appears, with reworked lyrics, in the novella The Man Who Would Be King (1888), by Rudyard Kipling and, set to the Irish tune The Moreen / The Minstrel Boy, in the film The Man Who Would Be King (1975), directed by John Huston. [2]
Other hymns are also referenced in the score, including "What a Friend We Have in Jesus", [2] "Hold to God's Unchanging Hand", [3] [4] and "The Glory-Land Way". [5] Because the hymns are considered pre-composed music, the score was deemed ineligible to be nominated for Best Original Score in the 2010 Academy Awards .
The words may have originated in the Jesuit Order, which came into being after the Crusades. The words were first printed in a Münster Gesangbuch of 1677 , a Roman Catholic hymnbook. It must have become popular, in the manner of a folk-song, because it was recorded in 1839 by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben in the district of Glaz in ...
The Man Who Would Be King was released by CBS/Fox Video on laserdisc on 12 August 1993. Then was released by Warner Home Video (home video arm of Warner Bros. , current owners of the Allied Artists library due to the 1989 acquisition of Lorimar-Telepictures ) on DVD in Region 1 on 19 November 1997, and was re-issued on 9 November 2010, followed ...
Unto us a Boy is born, King of all creation: Came He to a world forlorn, The Lord of every nation. Cradled in a stall was He 'Midst the cows and asses; But the very beasts could see That He all men surpasses. Herod then with fear was filled: "A prince," he said, "in Jewry!" All the little boys he killed At Bethl'em in his fury. Now may Mary's ...
Jon Robert Gibson (born January 3, 1962) [12] is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, and record producer.Originally a blue-eyed soul singer, he switched from secular music to contemporary Christian music in the late-1980s.
A list of all songs with lyrics about Jesus Christ, where he is specifically the central subject.This category contains both songs referring to specific moments of Jesus's life (birth, preaching, crucifixion) and songs of blessing, rejoicing or mourning where he is portrayed as a religious deity or examined as a cultural figure.
"Oh Happy Day" is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of the 1755 hymn [1] by clergyman Philip Doddridge. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching No. 4 on the US Singles Chart, No. 1 in France, Germany, and the Netherlands and No. 2 on the Canadian Singles Chart, UK Singles Chart, and Irish Singles Chart.