Onward, Christian soldiers! Duty's way is plain;
Slay your Christian neighbors, or by them be slain,
Pulpiteers are spouting effervescent swill,
God above is calling you to rob and rape and kill,
All your acts are sanctified by the Lamb on high;
If you love the Holy Ghost, go murder, pray and die.
Onward, Christian soldiers! Rip and tear and smite!
Let the gentle Jesus bless your dynamite.
Splinter skulls with shrapnel, fertilize the sod;
Folks who do not speak your tongue deserve the curse of God.
Smash the doors of every home, pretty maidens seize;
Use your might and sacred right to treat them as you please.
Onward, Christian soldiers! Eat and drink your fill;
Rob with bloody fingers, Christ okays the bill,
Steal the farmers' savings, take their grain and meat;
Even though the children starve, the Savior's bums must eat,
Burn the peasants' cottages, orphans leave bereft;
In Jehovah's holy name, wreak ruin right and left.
Onward, Christian soldiers! Drench the land with gore;
Mercy is a weakness all the gods abhor.
Bayonet the babies, jab the mothers, too;
Hoist the cross of Calvary to hallow all you do.
File your bullets' noses flat, poison every well;
God decrees your enemies must all go plumb to hell.
Onward, Christian soldiers! Blight all that you meet;
Trample human freedom under pious feet.
Praise the Lord whose dollar sign dupes his favored race!
Make the foreign trash respect your bullion brand of grace.
Trust in mock salvation, serve as tyrant's tools;
History will say of you: "That pack of Goddamn fools."
2006-10-01 11:40:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
John F. Kendrick wrote the lyrics in 1916 during World War I. The tune, of course, was "borrowed" from the faithful that he despised to ridicule an imperial war that he despised.
2006-10-01 11:47:48 · answer #1 · answered by Nick â? 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
"Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould and the music by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St. Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Ernest Clay Ker Seymer.
The theme is taken from references in the New Testament to the Christian being a soldier for Christ, for example II Timothy 2:3 (KJV): "Thou shalt endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."
2006-10-01 11:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould and the music by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St. Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Ernest Clay Ker Seymer.
The theme is taken from references in the New Testament to the Christian being a soldier for Christ, for example II Timothy 2:3 (KJV): "Thou shalt endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."
2006-10-01 11:45:26 · answer #3 · answered by blaze 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Words: Sabine Baring-Gould, in Church Times, 1865.
More detail:
Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924
Music: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900
Tune: ST. GERTRUDE, Meter: 65.65 D with Refrain
2006-10-01 11:42:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That isn't a Christian song. It's a destruction song. Meaning, inspired by the devil. It is also a false accusation againsts Christians.
Never would any Christian sing that song in a true Christian church. That isn't the heart of the Yahweh Elohym. If you read the bible you would know that.
That song's heart is the heart of Satan.
2006-10-01 11:44:27 · answer #5 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
John Kendrick wrote the song.
2006-10-01 11:46:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is unique in that it has no provision for its adherents to engage in warfare. Those ostensible "Christians" who do so ignore the Scriptures and the teachings and example of Jesus Christ himself.
(Matthew 26:52) Jesus said to him: “Return your sword to its place, for all those who take the sword will perish by the sword
(Isaiah 2:4) They will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.
(2 Corinthians 10:3-4) We do not wage warfare according to what we are in the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly
(Luke 6:27-29) I [Jesus] say to you who are listening, Continue to love your enemies, to do good to those hating you, to bless those cursing you, to pray for those who are insulting you. To him that strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/g/2002/4/8/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/t15/peaceful.htm
2006-10-02 01:31:17 · answer #7 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Blasphemy! But the author does make some good points however misguided. Satirical!
2006-10-01 15:11:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. But one day you will.
You'll both be in hell.
2006-10-01 11:43:06 · answer #9 · answered by Cal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody that hates muslims like me
2006-10-01 11:41:22 · answer #10 · answered by avatarmaunie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋