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[Upon a wide and stormy sea]

Appears in 53 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 35451 76535 25234 Used With Text: Sail On!
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Sail On!

Author: C. H. G. Appears in 77 hymnals First Line: Upon a wide and stormy sea Refrain First Line: Sail on! sail on! the storms will soon be past Used With Tune: [Upon a wide and stormy sea]
Sail On!

Hacia La Playa Celestial

Author: S. D. Athans Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Navegas sobre el ancho mar Refrain First Line: ¡Navega más y más en alta mar Used With Tune: [Navegas sobre el ancho mar]
Hacia La Playa Celestial

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Upon a Wide and Stormy Sea (Sail On)

Author: Charles H. Gabriel, 1856-1932 Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #369 (2011) Meter: 8.8.8.6 with refrain First Line: Upon a wide and stormy sea Refrain First Line: Sail on! sail on! the storms will soon be past Lyrics: 1 Upon a wide and stormy sea, Thou’rt sailing to eternity, And thy great Admiral orders thee: “Sail on! sail on! sail on!” Refrain: Sail on! sail on! the storms will soon be past, The darkness will not always last; Sail on! sail on! God lives! and He commands: “Sail on! Sail on!” 2 Art far from shore, and weary worn, The sky o’ercast, the canvas torn? Hark ye! a voice to thee is borne: “Sail on! sail on! sail on!” [Refrain] 3 Do comrades tremble and refuse To farther dare the taunting hues? No other course is thine to choose, “Sail on! sail on! sail on!” [Refrain] 4 Do snarling waves thy craft assail? Art powerless, drifting with the gale? Take heart! God’s Word shall never fail! “Sail on! sail on! sail on!” [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Life Struggle and Guidance; Ascription; Conversion; Courage Scripture: Psalm 40:5 Languages: English Tune Title: SAIL ON
Upon a Wide and Stormy Sea (Sail On)
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Sail On

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #15 (1913) First Line: Upon a wide and stormy sea Refrain First Line: Sail on, sail on, the storms will soon be past Lyrics: 1 Upon a wide and stormy sea, Thou’rt sailing to eternity, And thy great Admiral orders thee: “Sail on! Sail on! Sail on!” Refrain: Sail on! Sail on! the storms will soon be past, The darkness will not always last; Sail on! Sail on! God lives and He commands: “Sail on! Sail on!” 2 Art far from shore, and weary worn— The sky o’ercast, thy canvas torn? Hark ye! a voice to thee is borne: “Sail on! Sail on! Sail on!” [Refrain] 3 Do comrades tremble and refuse To further dare the taunting hues? No other course is thine to choose, “Sail on! Sail on! Sail on!” [Refrain] 4 Do snarling waves thy craft assail? Art pow’rless, drifting with the gale? Take heart! God’s Word shall never fail— “Sail on! Sail on! Sail on!” [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Upon a wide and stormy sea]
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Sail On!

Author: Charles H. Gabriel Hymnal: Victory Songs #133 (1920) First Line: Upon a wide and stormy sea Refrain First Line: Sail on! sail on! the storms will soon be past Lyrics: 1 Upon a wide and stormy sea, Thou’rt sailing to eternity, And thy great Admiral orders thee:— “Sail on! sail on! sail on!” Chorus: Sail on! sail on! the storms will soon be past, The darkness will not always last; Sail on! sail on! God lives and He commands: “Sail on! Sail on!” 2 Art far from shore, and weary worn— The sky o’ercast, thy canvas torn? Hark ye! a voice to thee is borne:— “Sail on! sail on! sail on!” [Chorus] 3 Do comrades tremble and refuse To further dare the taunting hues? No other course is thine to choose, “Sail on! sail on! sail on!” [Chorus] 4 Do snarling waves thy craft assail? Art pow’rless, drifting with the gale? Take heart! God’s Word shall never fail! “Sail on! sail on! sail on!” [Chorus]] Topics: Personal Work and Service Languages: English Tune Title: [Upon a wide and stormy sea]
Sail On!

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "Sail On!" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday­-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman
Chas. H. Gabriel

Homer A. Rodeheaver

1880 - 1955 Rearranger of "[Upon a wide and stormy sea]" in The Cyber Hymnal Homer Rodeheaver (1880-1955) was a world renowned evangelist and the music director of Billy Sunday's Evangelistic Campaigns. He was born in Union Furnace, OH. In the Spanish American War he served as trombonist. In 1918 he worked in France with the YMCA, He was President of Rodeheaver, Hall-Mack Co. and founder of Rodeheaver Boys' Ranch in Palatka, FL. see Osborne p.328 Mary Louise VanDyke
Homer A. Rodeheaver

Speros Demetrios Athans

1883 - 1969 Person Name: S. D. Athans Author of "Hacia La Playa Celestial" in Melodias Evangelicas para el Uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Española en Todo el Mundo Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Or­tho­dox Church, Ath­ans left home at age 15, af­ter his fa­ther’s death. He spent two years on the is­land of Cor­fu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Bri­tain, where he worked as a sail­or. In 1903 he went to Am­er­i­ca, and dur­ing im­mi­gra­tion pro­cess­ing, some­one gave him a New Tes­ta­ment in Greek. A year lat­er, he joined a Naz­a­rene church in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. He then en­rolled in a Bi­ble school and un­i­ver­si­ty. While in school in Ca­li­for­nia, he be­gan to stu­dy Span­ish and to work with the La­ti­no com­mu­ni­ty. In 1910 he de­cid­ed to work in ev­an­gel­ism. In 1931, he joined the Me­thod­ist mis­sion­ary work in La­tin Am­er­i­ca, re­tir­ing in 1949. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)
Speros Demetrios Athans
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