{"id":8978,"date":"2025-06-06T08:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2025-06-09T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:47:24","slug":"forward-through-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/forward-through-the-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward Through The Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-804x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8979\" style=\"width:650px;height:828px\" width=\"650\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-804x1024.jpeg 804w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-236x300.jpeg 236w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-768x978.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1206x1536.jpeg 1206w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1608x2048.jpeg 1608w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1200x1528.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-scaled.jpeg 2010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1-871x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8980\" style=\"width:649px;height:763px\" width=\"649\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1-871x1024.jpeg 871w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1-255x300.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1-768x903.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1-1307x1536.jpeg 1307w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1-1200x1411.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5020-1.jpeg 1742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1 Forward through the ages in unbroken line move the faithful spirits at the call divine; gifts in differing measure, hearts of one accord, manifold the service, one the sure reward.<br><strong>Refrain:<br>Forward through the ages in unbroken line move the faithful spirits at the call divine.<\/strong><br>2 Wider grows the kingdom, reign of love and light; for it we must labor, till our faith is sight. Prophets have proclaimed it, martyrs testified, poets sung its glory, heroes for it died. [<strong>Refrain<\/strong>]<br>3 Not alone we conquer, not alone we fall; in each loss or triumph lose or triumph all. Bound by God\u2019s far purpose in one living whole, move we on together to the shining goal. [<strong>Refrain<\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ForwardThroughTheAges_Melody.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Forward Through The Ages (Onward Christian Soldiers Melody)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ForwardThroughTheAges_Alto-1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Forward Through The Ages (Alto Part)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Forward through the ages in unbroken line move the faithful spirits at the call divine; gifts in differing measure, hearts of one accord, manifold the service, one the sure reward.Refrain:Forward through the ages in unbroken line move the faithful spirits at the call divine.2 Wider grows the kingdom, reign of love and light; for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/forward-through-the-ages\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Forward Through The Ages&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-choir-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}