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![]() | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foeAuthor: Mrs. Frank A. BreckTune: [Christ, our mighty Captain] Published in 34 hymnals |
Mrs. Frank A. Breck has written fourteen or fifteen hundred hymns, and one of the best loved is:
“Face to face with Christ my Saviour,
Face to face—what will it be,
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ who died for me?”
Brought up by God-fearing parents, she cannot remember when Bible reading and prayer were not her daily home custom. From the days of her youth Carrie E. Breck wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications. For a number of years after her marriage, in 1884, family duties superseded those literary, and only on rare occasions did she encourage the muse. Her first published hymn was “You ought to do something for Jesus.” Writing of this memorable occasion, when new desires for this pa… Go to person page >| First Line: | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe |
| Title: | Forward |
| Author: | Mrs. Frank A. Breck |
| Refrain First Line: | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command |
| Instances (34) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Brooklyn Eastern District Sabbath School Association Fortieth Anniversary #d1 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1901 | ||||||||||||
| Children's Praise No. 1 #58 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1905 | ||||||||||||
| Choir Favorites, Inspiring Songs for Volunteer and Rally Choirs, Vol. 3 #d9 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #530 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1908 | ||||||||||||
| Convention Hymns Selected from Sunday School Melodies #d3 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1916 | ||||||||||||
| Convention Hymns selected from Sunday School Melodies #d7 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1914 | ||||||||||||
| Cross and Crown Hymnal (Church of the Pillar of Fire). 3rd ed. #d52 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1949 | ||||||||||||
| Gloria: a hymnal for use in Sunday schools, young people's societies, and devotional meetings #218 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Mrs. Frank E. Breck | 1916 | ||||||||||||
| Hymns of Praise for the Church and Sunday School #d26 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1922 | ||||||||||||
| Hymns of Worship and Praise #d19 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1909 | ||||||||||||
| Jehovah's Praise #d34 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1928 | ||||||||||||
| Ocean Grove Christian Songs: "The Big Little Book" #37 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward! forward! | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | 1902 | |||||||||||||
| Ocean Grove Songs #23 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward! | Forward! forward! 'tis the Lord's command | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | 1900 | ||||||||||||
| Praise Him #d31 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1929 | ||||||||||||
| Praise Ye, a Collection of Sacred Songs #d22 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1913 | ||||||||||||
| Revival Gems No. 3 #d9 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1929 | ||||||||||||
| Sunday School Hymns No. 1 #54 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | 1903 | |||||||||||||
| Sunday School Hymns No.2 #d13 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1910 | ||||||||||||
| Sunday School Hymns No. 2 #34 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward! forward! 'tis the Lord's command | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | 1912 | |||||||||||||
| Sunday School Hymns No. 2 (Canadian ed.) #34 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward! forward! 'tis the Lord's command | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | 1912 | |||||||||||||
| Sunday School Melodies #d23 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1914 | ||||||||||||
| Sunday School Voices: a collection of sacred songs #121 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1910 | ||||||||||||
| The Bible School Hymnal #65 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward, forward! 'tis the Lord's command | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | 1907 | |||||||||||||
| The Boy's Hymnal #d4 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1915 | ||||||||||||
| The Boy's Hymnal #d12 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1913 | ||||||||||||
| The Cokesbury Hymnal #177 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward! | Forward! forward! 'tis the Lord's command | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | Grant Colfax Tullar | [Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe] | B Flat Major | 1923 | |||||||||
| The Covenant Hymnal, authorized by the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America #d42 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1931 | ||||||||||||
| The Endeavor Hymnal: for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings #148 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward! forward! | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | 1901 | |||||||||||||
| The Kingdom of Praise #d18 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1920 | ||||||||||||
| The Old Story in Song, for Evangelistic Meetings #d16 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1906 | ||||||||||||
| The Praise Book for Young People's Societies, Church Prayer Meetings and Sunday Schools #145 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | 1906 | |||||||||||||
| The Redeemer's Praise #d25 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1906 | ||||||||||||
| The Young People's Hymnal No. 3: adapted to the use of Sunday Schools, Epworth Leagues, prayer meetings and revivals #4 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward! forward! 'tis the Lord's command | Mrs. Frank A. Breck | 1906 | |||||||||||||
| Tullar's Song Treasury #d13 | Christ, our mighty Captain, leads against the foe | Forward | Forward, forward, 'tis the Lord's command | Carrie E. Breck | 1937 |
