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This great hymn reminds us of the need to rely on our wonderful Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, in each and every situation and trial in life. Hoffman wrote these words after reach­ing home. His first position was organist for a small church, for which he would receive 25.00 per. He studied organ and voice under Lowell Mason, and became an accomplished organist and choir director. Then her eyes light­ed as she ex­claimed, “Yes, I must tell Je­sus.” As I left her home I had a vi­sion of that joy-il­lum­in­at­ed face…and I heard all along my path­way the echo, “I must tell Je­sus. William Batchelder Bradbury was born in York, Maine. You must tell Jesus.”įor a mo­ment she seemed lost in med­i­ta­tion.

CHORUS: Rouse, then soldiers Rally round the banner Ready, steady, pass the word along Onward, forward, shout aloud hosanna Christ is Captain of the mighty throng. She un­bur­dened her heart, con­cluding with the quest­ion, “Bro­ther Hoff­man, what shall I do?” I quot­ed from the word, then add­ed, “You can­not do bet­ter than to take all of your sor­rows to Je­sus. Sound the battle cry, See the foe is nigh Raise the standard high For the Lord Gird your armor on, Stand firm, every one, Rest your cause upon His holy word. Com­ing to her home one day, I found her much dis­cour­aged.

There was a wo­man to whom God had per­mit­ted ma­ny vi­sit­a­tions of sor­row and af­flict­ion. With this in mind, he chose some of the favourite old hymns that related to children and also had fond memories for many adults and realizing that they could not be superseded, like the carols, he gave them a modern musical arrangement which he hoped would be enjoyed by today's generation as much as yesterdays.The author of this hymn writes on how this hymn came about as follows: He knew that he could never match the inspirational brilliance of some of the old hymn writers, so never attempted to do so. Although Ishmael had recorded many albums and written hundreds of new songs he was never one to believe that the new was necessarily better than the old, it was just different.