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Voices O'er The Sea
Author: Eliza A. B. Mitchell Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oft they break the midnight stillness Lyrics: 1 Oft they break the midnight stillness—
Voices floating o’er the sea,
Voices filled with tender pathos,
Asking help from you and me.
And I know my Christ, my Bible,
Is as truly theirs as mine;
And I know that I defraud them,
Not to share these gifts divine.
2 We, who never knew a sorrow
God’s dear smile could not illume,
Little dream how dense the darkness
Shrouding heathen souls in gloom.
And the Savior’s last commission
Was in loving thought of them;
How His tender sweet compassion
Doth our cold neglect condemn!
3 Christ, forgive the souls so faithless
To the trust Thou didst repose;
For this sin let not Heav’n’s portals
At the last against us close.
Bless, and by our gold and silver,
By our lips no longer dumb,
We will spread abroad Thy Gospel,
Till on earth Thy kingdom come. Used With Tune: KHARKIV Text Sources: Carols of Hope (Boston: Advent Christian Publication Society, 1906)
Voices O'er The Sea
Voices O'er the Sea
Author: Mrs. E. A. B. Mitchell Hymnal: Carols of Hope #13 (1906) First Line: Oft they break the midnight stillness Lyrics: 1. Oft they break the midnight stillness,
Voices floating o'er the sea,
Voices filled with tender pathos,
Asking help from you and me.
And I know my Christ, my Bible,
Is as truly theirs as mine;
And I know that I defraud them,
Not to share these gifts divine.
2. We, who never knew a sorrow
God's dear smile could not illume,
Little dream how dense the darkness
Shrouding heathen souls in gloom.
And the Saviour's last commission
Was in loving thought of them;
How his tender, sweet compassion
Doth our cold neglect condemn!
3. Christ, forgive the souls so faithless
To the trust thou didst repose;
For this sin let not Heaven's portals
At the last against us close.
Bless, and by our gold and silver,
By our lips no longer dumb,
We will spread abroad thy gospel,
Till on earth thy kingdom come.
Languages: English Tune Title: [Oft they break the midnight stillness]
Voices O'er the Sea
Voices O'er The Sea
Author: Eliza A. B. Mitchell Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #14496 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D First Line: Oft they break the midnight stillness Lyrics: 1 Oft they break the midnight stillness—
Voices floating o’er the sea,
Voices filled with tender pathos,
Asking help from you and me.
And I know my Christ, my Bible,
Is as truly theirs as mine;
And I know that I defraud them,
Not to share these gifts divine.
2 We, who never knew a sorrow
God’s dear smile could not illume,
Little dream how dense the darkness
Shrouding heathen souls in gloom.
And the Savior’s last commission
Was in loving thought of them;
How His tender sweet compassion
Doth our cold neglect condemn!
3 Christ, forgive the souls so faithless
To the trust Thou didst repose;
For this sin let not Heav’n’s portals
At the last against us close.
Bless, and by our gold and silver,
By our lips no longer dumb,
We will spread abroad Thy Gospel,
Till on earth Thy kingdom come. Languages: English Tune Title: KHARKIV
Voices O'er The Sea
Frederick S. Stanton
1857 - 1915 Person Name: F. S. Stanton Composer of "[Oft they break the midnight stillness]" in Carols of Hope Stanton, Frederick S. (New Bedford, Massachusetts, December 20, 1857--October 1, 1915, New Bedford). Held a Bachelor of Music degree and was ordained to the Advent Christian ministry. He held pastorates at Hudson Falls, New York and Lawrence, Mass. Ill health and a final paralysis limited activity in his later years, although he supplied in various churches around New Bedford.
He wrote words and music to a number of hymns, and composed the music for other Advent Christian hymn-writers. He was secretary of the Southern Massachusetts District Conference of his denomination. He contributed to the preparation of several of its hymnals, and was co-editor of The Golden Sheaf (1898), Carols of Hope (1906) and The Advent Christian Hymnal (1913). His obituary, by Willis G. Brown, is in The World's Crisis, 20 October 1915, p. 15.
--Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives
Frederick S. Stanton
E. A. B. Mitchell
Person Name: Mrs. E. A. B. Mitchell Author of "Voices O'er the Sea" in Carols of Hope
E. A. B. Mitchell
