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When for eternal worlds we steer

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 120 hymnals Matching Instances: 120 Lyrics: 1 When for eternal worlds we steer, And seas are calm, and skies are clear, And faith in lively exercise, And distant hills of Canaan rise. The soul for joy then claps her wings, And loud her lovely sonnet sings, I'm going home, I'm going home, And loud her lovely sonnet sings, I'm going home. 2 With cheerful hope, his eyes explore Each landmark on the distant shore; The trees of life—the pasture green, The crystal stream, delightful scene: Again for joy she plumes her wings, And loud her lovely sonnet sings, I'm almost home, I'm almost home, And loud her lovely sonnet sings, I'm almost home. 3 The nearer still she draws to land, More eager all her powers expand; With steady helm, and free bent sail, Her anchor drops within the vail: And now for joy she folds her wings, And her celestial sonnet sings, I'm home at last, I'm home at last, And her celestial sonnet sings, I'm almost home. 4 She meets with those who are gone before, On heaven's high and genial shore, Around the dear Redeemer's feet, And loud they shout, Our God and King, And ceaseless hallelujahs sing, We're safe at last, we're safe at last, And ceaseless hallelujahs sing We're safe at last. The Southern Harmony, 1835

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"VAIN WORLD, ADIEU"

Appears in 6 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13455 67156 55132 Used With Text: "Vain world, adieu"

FAVORING GALE

Meter: 8.4 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Text: Vain World, Adieu

THE SAILOR'S HOME

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. M. Caudill; William Walker Used With Text: When for eternal worlds we steer

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When for [the] eternal [heavenly] world [worlds] I [we] steer

Hymnal: The Church Hymn Book #d1135 (1859)

When for th' eternal world I steer

Author: Leavitt Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #1042 (1873) Meter: Irregular Lyrics: 1 When for th' eternal world I steer, And seas are calm and skies are clear, And faith in lively exercise, And distant hills of Canaan rise, My soul for joy then claps her wings, And loud her lovely sonnet sings, I'm going home. 2 With cheerful heart, her eyes explore Each land-mark on the distant shore, The tree of life, the pastures green The pearly gates, the crystal stream; Again for joy she claps her wings, And loud her lovely sonnet sings, I'm almost home. 3 The nearer still she draws to land, More eager all her powers expand; With steady helm and free, bent sail, Her anchor drops within the vail; With holy joy she folds her wings, And her celestial sonnet sings, I'm safe at home. 4 Now, safely moored, no storm I fear, My God, my Christ, my heaven is here; And all the joys of paradise In holiness and beauty rise: 'Tis now the soul, with folded wing, Her thrilling notes of joy shall sing: Glory to God! Topics: Spiritual Songs; The Lovely Sonnet

When for [the] eternal [heavenly] world [worlds] I [we] steer

Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d1028 (1856) Languages: English

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "When for eternal worlds we steer" in A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Joshua Leavitt

1794 - 1873 Person Name: Leavitt Author of "When for th' eternal world I steer" in The Voice of Praise Joshua Leavitt (September 8, 1794-Jan. 16,1873) was born in Heath, MA, earned a degree from Yale College, practiced law in Putney, VT, was graduated from Yale Seminary, was ordained and served as a Congregational minister at Stratford, CT for four years before he moved to New York City to serve as Secretary of the American Seamens’ Friend Society. He was for many years musical advisor to the most famous revivalist of the Second Great Awakening, Charles Grandison Finney. In 1831 he compiled and published The Christian Lyre, the first hymnal to print music (melody and bass) for every hymn. He was a spokesman for the Liberty Party and a campaigner for cheap postage. He was editor of many periodicals including The Emancipator, the New York Independent, the New York Evangelist, etc. He was first Secretary of the American Temperance Society and co-founder of the New York City Anti-Slavery Society. He aided a slave Basil Dorsey to escape from MD to MA and formed with Lewis Tappan and Simeon Jocelyn the Amistad Committee to raise funds for the defense of Amistad captives. On Wikipedia can be seen a letter of August 1862 to Lincoln signed by Leavitt, Henry Ward Beecher and other abolitionists requesting formation of black regiments in the Union Army. Mary Louise VanDyke Concerning publication dates of The Christian Lyre, Leavitt left a very useful description: "The Christian Lyre was commenced in November, 1830, as a monthly repository of music and hymns, for social worship. Vol. I., containing six No's, or 216 pages, was completed the first of April, and Vol. II. the first of October, 1831. At that time, there had been published no less than Nine Editions of Vol. I., each edition consisting of 2000 copies." (Preface to 1837 edition of the Supplement). Apparently each monthly "number" was 36 pages, which means the first 72 pages were published in 1830, the rest in early 1831. Both Volume 2 and the Supplement date from 1831; all three were separately paginated, for a total of 310 tunes with words.