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GENEALOGICAL
NOTES AND ANECDOTES
ELIZA WEBB LUCAS
(1818 - 18 JANUARY 1883)
| In 1911, William
Wilson SLOAN published from memory his
transcription of a hymn which — throughout
his life — he had heard from none but his
mother, Eliza
Webb LUCAS. The origin and authorship of The
Gospel Trumpet, as furnished here, are
unknown. It is not the hymn of that same title
the lyrics of which Charles Cole wrote in 1792
and the score of which E. J. King composed in
1844. But, of the poetry of Protestant
triumphalism in the United States in the
nineteenth century, this hymn is a fair example. |
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THE
GOSPEL TRUMPET
Brethren, don’t you hear the
sound
The Gospel trumpet now is blowing?
Men in order listing 'round
And soldiers to the standard flowing.
Bounties offered — joy and peace
To every soldier now is given.
When from toil and war they cease,
A mansion bright prepared in heaven.
The victory is not to the strong.
The burden’s on our captain’s
shoulder.
None so aged, none so yound,
But may enlist and be a soldier,
Those who cannot fight nor fly,
Beneath his banner find protection,
None who on his name rely
Shall be reduced to base subjection.
Come, ye then, the cause is good,
Come, who will to the crown aspire.
In this cause the martyrs stood
And shouted victory, in the fire.
In this cause, we’ll follow on
And soon we’ll hear the wonderous
story,
How by faith we’ve gained the crown
And fought our way to life and glory.
[From William Wilson Sloan, Poems
and Selections (privately printed,
San Antonio, Texas: 1911), p. 25]
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- BEF March 1764
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