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Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: Once upon the heaving ocean Lyrics: 1 Once upon the heaving ocean, Rode a bark at evening tide, While the waves in wild commotion Dash'd against the vessel's side; Jesus sleeping on a pillow, Heeded not the raging billow; While the winds were all abroad, Calmly slept the Son of God. 2 In that dark and stormy hour, Fearful ones awoke the Lord; Jesus, by his sovereign power, Calm'd the tempest with a word: On life's dark and restless ocean, Mid the billows' wild commotion, Trembling soul, your Lord is there, He will make you still his care. 3 Jesus knows your silent weeping, When before his throne you bow; Never, never is he sleeping, Where he reigns in glory now: If the world is dark before thee, If the billows rolling o'er thee All thy soul with terror fill,-- Hear him saying, "Peace, be still!" Used With Tune: PEACE, BE STILL!

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[Once upon the heaving ocean]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. N. McHose Incipit: 55456 53567 11765 Used With Text: Peace Be Still

PEACE, BE STILL!

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. W. Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 13531 35544 35221 Used With Text: "Peace, be still!"

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Peace Be Still

Author: W. W. Bailey Hymnal: Gleanings of Sacred Song #122 (1892) First Line: Once upon the heaving ocean Refrain First Line: "Peace be still!" Languages: English Tune Title: [Once upon the heaving ocean]

Peace Be Still!

Author: W. W. Bailey Hymnal: The Jewelled Crown #36 (1891) First Line: Once upon the heaving ocean Refrain First Line: "Peace be still!" Languages: English Tune Title: [Once upon the heaving ocean]

"Peace, be still!"

Hymnal: The Minstrel of Zion #135 (1845) First Line: Once upon the heaving ocean Lyrics: 1 Once upon the heaving ocean, Rode a bark at evening tide, While the waves in wild commotion Dash'd against the vessel's side; Jesus sleeping on a pillow, Heeded not the raging billow; While the winds were all abroad, Calmly slept the Son of God. 2 In that dark and stormy hour, Fearful ones awoke the Lord; Jesus, by his sovereign power, Calm'd the tempest with a word: On life's dark and restless ocean, Mid the billows' wild commotion, Trembling soul, your Lord is there, He will make you still his care. 3 Jesus knows your silent weeping, When before his throne you bow; Never, never is he sleeping, Where he reigns in glory now: If the world is dark before thee, If the billows rolling o'er thee All thy soul with terror fill,-- Hear him saying, "Peace, be still!" Tune Title: PEACE, BE STILL!

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Mary Dana Shindler

1810 - 1883 Author of "Peace, Be Still" Shindler, Mary Stanley Bunce, née Palmer, better known as Mrs. Dana, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 1810. In 1835 she was married to Charles E. Dana, of New York, and removed with him to Bloomington, now Muscatine, Iowa, in 1838. Mr. Dana died in 1839, and Mrs. Dana returned to South Carolina. Subsequently she was married to the Rev. Robert D. Shindler, who was Professor in Shelby College, Kentucky, in 1851, and afterwards in Texas. Mrs. Shindler, originally a Presbyterian, was for some time an Unitarian; but of late years she has been a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. As Mary S. B. Dana she published the Southern Harp, 1840, and the Northern Harp, 1841. From these works her hymns have been taken, 8 of which are in T. O. Summers's Songs of Zion, 1851. The best known are:— 1. Fiercely came the tempest sweeping. Christ stilling the storm. (1841.) 2. I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger. A Christian Pilgrim. (1841.) 3. O sing to me of heaven. Heaven contemplated. (1840.) Sometimes given as "Come, sing to me of heaven." [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Shindler, Mary S. B., p. 1055, i. Other hymns usually attributed to this writer, are "Prince of Peace, control my will" (Perfect Peace), in the Church of England Magazine, March 3, 1858, in 32 lines; and " Once upon the heaving ocean" (Jesus calming the Sea). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

I. N. McHose

b. 1831 Composer of "[Once upon the heaving ocean]" in Gleanings of Sacred Song McHose, Isaac N. Born 1831/1832, Hellerstown, Pennsylvania. Some speculation on his identity. Co-editor with Kurzenknabe and Bentley on Gospel Trio of Sacred Song (1891). --Letters, family trees in DNAH Archives