“Onward Christian Soldiers”

1. A popular Christian hymn with music by Arthur Sullivan. The refrain is:

   Onward Christian soldiers,

   Marching as to war,

   With the Cross of Jesus

   Going on before.

Example Sentences

“Onward Christian soldiers, marching off to war!”

From Literature

The Metropolitan Community Church choir in flowing robes singing “Onward Christian Soldiers.”

From Los Angeles Times

“My mother beat me to the meter of ‘Onward,/ Christian Soldiers,” she writes in the poem “I Do Not Know If It Is True, but I Think.”

From Washington Post

Defiance was nothing new to him - his first act of rebellion was as a young Jewish boy refusing to sing Onward Christian Soldiers at school in Philadelphia.

From BBC

There were poised and clear-voiced readings by several Bush granddaughters, and beautiful renditions of patriotic and inspirational music: “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “America the Beautiful,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

From Washington Post