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Sailing Home

Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: While tossing on life's stormy sea Refrain First Line: We're sailing home o'er life's rough tide Used With Tune: [While tossing on life's stormy sea]
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[While tossing on life's stormy sea]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. P. Lane Incipit: 55317 61556 54321 Used With Text: Sailing Home
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Sailing home

Hymnal: Perfect Praise #16 (1905) First Line: While tossing on life's stormy sea Refrain First Line: We're sailing home o'er life's rough tide Languages: English Tune Title: [While tossing on life's stormy sea]
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Hymnal: Bright Beautiful Bells #87 (1900) First Line: While tossing on life's stormy sea Refrain First Line: We're sailing home o'er life's rough tide Languages: English Tune Title: [While tossing on life's stormy sea]
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Hymnal: Joyful Lays #87 (1903) First Line: While tossing on life's stormy sea Refrain First Line: We're sailing home o'er life's rough tide Languages: English Tune Title: [While tossing on life's stormy sea]
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J. P. Lane

1858 - 1910 Composer of "[While tossing on life's stormy sea]" in Perfect Praise James Pleasant (Plez) Lane was born on September 20, 1858 in Arkansas. He later moved to Comanche Count, Texas. He composed music for his own hymns as well as for hymns written by others. He also published a book Lane's analysis of harmony and musical composition (Waco: The Singing Evangelists' Music Company, 1903) Dianne Shapiro from "Only Through Grace, by J. P . Lane" from Ministry and Music - Seeking the Old Paths blog post by R. L. Vaughan (accessed 1/21/2025 from https://baptistsearch.blogspot.com/2017/03/only-through-grace-by-j-p-lane.html)
J. P. Lane
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