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Vain World, Adieu
Appears in 122 hymnals First Line: When for the eternal worlds I steer Used With Tune: [When for the eternal worlds I steer]
Vain World, Adieu
THE SAILOR'S HOME
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. M. Caudill; William Walker Incipit: 11235 16567 11656 Used With Text: When for eternal worlds we steer
THE SAILOR'S HOME
VAIN WORLD ADIEU
Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edmund Dumas Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11351 43415 65321 Used With Text: When, for eternal worlds we steer
VAIN WORLD ADIEU
When for eternal worlds we steer
Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #182 (1854) Meter: 8.8.8.8 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.
Languages: English Tune Title: THE SAILOR'S HOME
When for eternal worlds we steer
When for eternal worlds we steer
Hymnal: Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #S47 (1859) Languages: English
When for eternal worlds we steer
When for eternal worlds we steer
Hymnal: Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #S47 (1868) Languages: English
When for eternal worlds we steer
William J. Kirkpatrick
1838 - 1921 Person Name: W. J. K. Arranger of "[When for the eternal worlds I steer]" in Songs of Redeeming Love No. 2 William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia.
Bert Polman
William J. Kirkpatrick
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Author of "When for eternal worlds we steer" in The Songs of Zion 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.
Anonymous
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.
Joshua Leavitt
