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![]() | WATCHWORD (Knox)Composer: James Carter KnoxPublished in 1 hymnal |
| Composer: | James Carter Knox |
| Meter: | 6.5.6.5 D |
| Incipit: | 53356 55712 56671 |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
Forward be our watchword,
Hearts and voices joined;
Seek the things before us,
Not a look behind.
Burns the fiery pillar
At our army's head;
Who shall dream of shrinking,
By our captain led.
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| Tune Title | First Line | Instances (1) | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| [Forward! be our watchword] | Forward! be our watchword | The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #523a | Forward! be our watchword | Dean Alford | James C. Knox, M. A. | 6.5 D | B Flat Major | English | 1894 |
