- Source: The Son of God Goes Forth to War
The Son of God Goes Forth to War (1812) is a hymn by Reginald Heber which appears, with reworked lyrics, in the novella The Man Who Would Be King (1888), by Rudyard Kipling and, set to the Irish tune The Moreen / The Minstrel Boy, in the film The Man Who Would Be King (1975), directed by John Huston. It was American general George S. Patton's favourite hymn, and was sung at his funeral.
In religious use, it is more often sung to Henry Stephen Cutler's 1872 tune "All Saints New", which was written for it.