Author of “Onward, Christian Soldiers” Made History-Changing Contributions in Multiple Fields

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW158179928 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW158179928 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">On June 5, 1865, Anglican priest and polymath Sabine Baring-Gould wrote</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">the processional hymn,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">“Onward</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">Christian Soldiers</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">.</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">”</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">T</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">he</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">hymn</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">was</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">originally</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">written</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">for children walking to Horbury St. Peter’s Church near Wakefield in Yorkshire</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">, England</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">.</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">Far from the cultural stereotype</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">that</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">the hymn earned Baring-Gould</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">—that</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">of</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">a militant,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">narrow-minded</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">clergy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">man</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">fearful of</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158179928 BCX4">and fighting against<