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[A voice that I hear, across the sea]
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Benjamin Russell Hanby Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55123 34433 43267 Used With Text: Burmah
[A voice that I hear, across the sea]
Burmah
Author: Mary Bridges Canedy Slade Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: A voice that I hear, across the sea Lyrics: 1 A voice that I hear, across the sea,
Sings the sweetest songs of the east to me;
It sings of a land where bright suns glow,
And the beautiful blossoms of Burmah blow.
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come to the beautiful land away!"
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come to the beautiful land!"
2 Oh! hark to the song that o’er the seas
Softly flows along on the summer breeze;
Oh listen, and mingling with its flow,
You will hear the sad wailing of pain and woe.
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Sitting in darkness we wait for day!"
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Sitting in darkness we wait!"
3 For, under the palm trees’ lovely shade,
There the dreadful shrine of the idol’s made;
The land of the east is bright and fair,
But sorrow, and sin and death are there.
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come, in the night of our need, away!"
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come in the night of our need!"
4 Oh, children of God, from east and west,
So the heathen come to the heavenly rest!
And Burmah beseechingly begs today,
That you pity and help her and show the way.
Hear her say, hear her say,
"Come, ye, and lead us to God, we pray!"
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come, ye, and lead us to God!" Used With Tune: [A voice that I hear, across the sea] Text Sources: The Snow Bird, by George F. Root and Benjamin R. Hanby (Cincinnati: John Church, 1865)
Burmah
Burmah
Author: Mary Bridges Canedy Slade Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9325 First Line: A voice that I hear, across the sea Lyrics: 1 A voice that I hear, across the sea,
Sings the sweetest songs of the east to me;
It sings of a land where bright suns glow,
And the beautiful blossoms of Burmah blow.
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come to the beautiful land away!"
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come to the beautiful land!"
2 Oh! hark to the song that o’er the seas
Softly flows along on the summer breeze;
Oh listen, and mingling with its flow,
You will hear the sad wailing of pain and woe.
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Sitting in darkness we wait for day!"
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Sitting in darkness we wait!"
3 For, under the palm trees’ lovely shade,
There the dreadful shrine of the idol’s made;
The land of the east is bright and fair,
But sorrow, and sin and death are there.
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come, in the night of our need, away!"
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come in the night of our need!"
4 Oh, children of God, from east and west,
So the heathen come to the heavenly rest!
And Burmah beseechingly begs today,
That you pity and help her and show the way.
Hear her say, hear her say,
"Come, ye, and lead us to God, we pray!"
Hear it say, hear it say,
"Come, ye, and lead us to God!" Languages: English Tune Title: [A voice that I hear, across the sea]
Burmah
M. B. C. Slade
1826 - 1882 Person Name: Mary Bridges Canedy Slade Author of "Burmah" in The Cyber Hymnal Mary Bridges Canady Slade USA 1826-1882. Born in Fall River, MA, she was well-educated and became a minister's wife, teacher, and poet. She was assistant editor of The New England Journal of Education. She also authored hymns, Sunday school materials and books on education, primarily used for training teachers. She authored a children's magazine, “Wide-awake”. She and her husband were active in the underground railroad (helping slaves achieve their freedom). She spent her whole life living in the same town.
John Perry
M. B. C. Slade
B. R. Hanby
1833 - 1867 Person Name: B. R. H. Composer of "[A voice that I hear, across the sea]" in Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is a Hanby Residence Hall at Otterbein University. Best known for "Up on the housetop" and "Darling Nellie Gray," Hanby published many hymns including "Little Eyes" and "Who is He?
Mary Louise VanDyke
B. R. Hanby
