Sabine Baring-Gould (January 28, 1834-January 2, 1924) was an American songwriter.
In 1864, during the critical period of the Civil War, he wrote a song underscoring the spiritual battle each individual is engaged in, titled Onward, Christian Soldiers:
<Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the Cross of Jesus
Going on before!> 1834SB001
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American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement.
Endnotes:
1834SB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sabine Baring- Gould, 1864, first stanza of Onward, Christian Soldiers. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 616. 1834LA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton, 1877. Keith Fournier, In Defense of Liberty (Virginia Beach, VA: Law & Justice, 1993), Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 7.