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[Onward, mighty army]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. W. McGlamry Used With Text: Onward, Mighty Army
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Onward, Mighty Army

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals Refrain First Line: Onward, mighty army, on the road to glory Used With Tune: [Onward, mighty army]
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Onward, Mighty Army

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Carol Crown #142 (1915) Refrain First Line: Onward, mighty army, on the road to glory Languages: English Tune Title: [Onward, mighty army]
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Onward, Mighty Army

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Praise Divine #142 (1917) Refrain First Line: Onward, mighty army, on the road to glory Languages: English Tune Title: [Onward, mighty army]
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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Onward, Mighty Army" in Carol Crown Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
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W. W. McGlamry

Composer of "[Onward, mighty army]" in Carol Crown
W. W. McGlamry
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