The Son of God Goes Forth to War was written by which English bishop and man of letters?
The Son of God Goes Forth to War The Son of God Goes Forth to War (1812) is a hymn, by Reginald Heber, set to the Irish tune "The Moreen" / "The Minstrel Boy", and appears, with reworked lyrics, in the novella "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888), by Rudyard Kipling and in the film "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975), directed by John Huston.
Thomas Sharp (priest) Thomas Sharp (1693–1758) was an English churchman, known as a biographer and theological writer, archdeacon of Northumberland from 1723.