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Text:Crossing the Bar
Author:Alfred Tennyson
Tune:[Sunset and evening star]
Composer:Lloyd O. Sanderson

117. Crossing the Bar

1 Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems a sleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home, turns home.

2 Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I, when I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of time and place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.

Text Information
First Line: Sunset and evening star
Title: Crossing the Bar
Author: Alfred Tennyson (1889)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture:
Topic: Christians: Assurance; Funeral
Tune Information
Name: [Sunset and evening star]
Composer: Lloyd O. Sanderson (1935)
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Copyright © 1935. Renewal 1963 by Gospel Advocate Co.



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