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[Across the ocean wide]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55654 51343 23212 Used With Text: Bear Them the News
[Across the ocean wide]
Bear Them the News
Author: Ada Blenkhorn Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Across the ocean wide Refrain First Line: Go, bear to them the news Lyrics: 1. Across the ocean wide,
That sweeps the Orient strand,
There heathen night abides,
Tho’ beauteous is the land;
And human hearts are there,
And human need is great:
To save them from despair,
Why will you longer wait?
Refrain
Go, bear to them the news,
No longer make excuse;
The Lord’s command obey,
Go work, go work today.
Go, seek to save the lost,
Nor wait to count the cost;
The Master of the vineyard
Will your toil repay.
2. In this, our land so fair,
By heathen foot untrod,
Where point the spires in air,
’Neath which we worship God,
Are souls from Christ astray,
Are eyes with weeping dim;
Go, search for them today,
And lead them back to Him. [Refrain]
3. There is so much to do,
Abroad, and here at home;
The Lord hath need of you
To help His kingdom come;
To work, to give, to pray,
To labor, not in vain,
To bring that glorious day,
When He shall come again. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Across the ocean wide] Text Sources: Sunday School Voices, edited by Charles H. Gabriel (Chicago, Illinois: Hope Publishing Company), number 122
Bear Them the News
Bear Them the News
Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #386 First Line: Across the ocean wide Refrain First Line: Go, bear to them the news Lyrics: 1. Across the ocean wide,
That sweeps the Orient strand,
There heathen night abides,
Tho’ beauteous is the land;
And human hearts are there,
And human need is great:
To save them from despair,
Why will you longer wait?
Refrain
Go, bear to them the news,
No longer make excuse;
The Lord’s command obey,
Go work, go work today.
Go, seek to save the lost,
Nor wait to count the cost;
The Master of the vineyard
Will your toil repay.
2. In this, our land so fair,
By heathen foot untrod,
Where point the spires in air,
’Neath which we worship God,
Are souls from Christ astray,
Are eyes with weeping dim;
Go, search for them today,
And lead them back to Him. [Refrain]
3. There is so much to do,
Abroad, and here at home;
The Lord hath need of you
To help His kingdom come;
To work, to give, to pray,
To labor, not in vain,
To bring that glorious day,
When He shall come again. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Across the ocean wide]
Bear Them the News
Bear Them the News
Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Sunday School Voices #122 (1910) First Line: Across the ocean wide Refrain First Line: Go, bear to them the news Topics: Missions Languages: English Tune Title: [Across the ocean wide]
Bear Them the News
Thoro Harris
1874 - 1955 Composer of "[Across the ocean wide]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC.
Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include:
Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904)
Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906)
Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor)
Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922)
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Thoro Harris
Ada Blenkhorn
1858 - 1927 Author of "Bear Them the News" in The Cyber Hymnal Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married.
John Perry
Ada Blenkhorn
