[Christiantoday by Mark Woods] A rare signed manuscript of the famous hymn Onward Christian Soldiers is to be sold today by a Boston-based auctioneer.
Baring-Gould (1834-94) was an Anglican clergyman and antiquarian who wrote copiously on mediaeval themes, including a well-regarded history of werewolves. He wrote the hymn for a children's processional march in about 15 minutes, later apologising and saying: "It was written in great haste, and I am afraid that some of the lines are faulty." However, though editors have made changes over the years it is his original version that is still most often sung.
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