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[Lo! the army of our King]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 55111 35312 2232 Used With Text: The World for Christ

Author: A. P. Cobb Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: Lo! the army of our King Refrain First Line: "The world for Christ, Christ for the world~" Used With Tune: [Lo! the army of our King]

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Lo the Army of Our King

Author: A. P. Cobb Hymnal: Hymns for Today #287 (1920) First Line: Lo! the army of our King Refrain First Line: The world for Christ, Christ for the world Languages: English Tune Title: [Lo! the army of our King]

Lo the Army of Our King

Author: A. P. Cobb Hymnal: The Junior Hymnal #95 (1923) First Line: Lo! the army of our King Refrain First Line: "The world for Christ, and Christ for the world!" Languages: English Tune Title: THE WORLD FOR CHRIST

The World for Christ

Author: A. P. Cobb Hymnal: The Gospel Pilot Hymnal #47 (1899) First Line: Lo! the army of our King Refrain First Line: "The world for Christ, Christ for the world~" Languages: English Tune Title: [Lo! the army of our King]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[Lo! the army of our King]" in Hymns for Today James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry

Abner P. Cobb

1853 - 1923 Person Name: A. P. Cobb Author of "Lo the Army of Our King" in Hymns for Today Born: October 27, 1853, Wooster, Ohio. Died: February 11, 1923. Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois. Cobb’s family moved to Decatur, Illinois, when he was about 13 years old. As a young man, he worked as a machinist. He graduated from Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, in 1878, and pastored in Normal, Washburn, Petersburg and Springfield, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Covington, Kentucky; and San Antonio, Texas. He was also an active evangelist, attending meetings in Boston, New York City, Minneapolis, and other major cities. --www.hymntime.com/tch/