Show famous hymn the recent sale of the original manuscript ef c onward christian soldiers recalls the ahe manner in which that stirring religious hymn cae inato being some yorkshire eng pupils years ago planned to make a whitsuntide procession to a neigh boring church they asked their young curate rev sabine bar ing gould to write them a march ing song ile he sat down composed the hymn in a few minutes originally sung to a tune by joseph haydn its music now is in that of sir arthur sullivan he composed the music as the result of a sudden ton post |