Text:Climb Up Your Golden Height (Accolade to a Champion)
Author:Tieleman Jansz van Braght, 1625-1664
Recaster:John J. Overholt
Translator:J. F. Sohm
Tune:RITTERSCHLAG
Composer:John J. Overholt

1004. Climb Up Your Golden Height (Accolade to a Champion)

Text Information
First Line: Climb up your golden height
Title: Climb Up Your Golden Height (Accolade to a Champion)
Dutch Title: Klimt op uw' gulden Hoogtt'
Author: Tieleman Jansz van Braght, 1625-1664
Translator: J. F. Sohm (1886)
Recaster: John J. Overholt (1975)
Meter: 6.6.6.6. with Ref.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Source: Martyrs' Mirror, From
Copyright: © Copyright 1975 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers. All rights reserved.
Tune Information
Name: RITTERSCHLAG
Composer: John J. Overholt (1975)
Meter: 6.6.6.6. with Ref.
Incipit: 31321 71651 3323
Key: G Major
Copyright: © Copyright 1975 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers. All rights reserved.


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The above tribute was paid by Van Braght to the martyr, Gerardus, who for the testimony of Jesus Christ went singing before his companions, five other men, two women, and a girl, on the way to burning at the stake in Cologne, Germany, A. D. 1163.


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