Onward Christian Soldiers

Onward Christian soldiers

The song, “Onward Christian Soldiers”, is a tune commonly used in William Branham’s “Message” cult of personality. It was part of the worship service, and in later years, was used as the marching tune for Sunday School. In the Branham Tabernacle, children heard the tune, rose to their feet, and marched to the Sunday School classes where they could learn more about William Branham as the central figure for worship.

The tune was also the theme song for Gerald Burton Winrod as he mixed politics, religion, racism, and nazism in his Christian meetings. “Onward Christian Soldiers” blasted from the back of a truck as he staged campaigns against Franklin D. Roosevelt and earned his nickname “The Jayhawk Nazi” and “The Kansas Hitler”.

Winrod was one of several people on trial at the Great Sedition Trial of 1944. He was connected directly to Roy E. Davis, Branham’s mentor, through the Fundamentalist League, and held revivals with Paul Rader who wrote William Branham’s theme song, “Only Believe”.

You can learn this and more on william-branham.org

Gerald Winrod:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/gerald_burton_winrod