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[Lost in sight of the harbor]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55531 21166 67655

Lost in Sight of the Harbor

Author: John R. Clements Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: But lost in sight of the harbor Used With Tune: [Lost in sight of the harbor]

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Author: John Ralston Clements Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11821 Refrain First Line: But lost in sight of the harbor Lyrics: 1 Lost in sight of the harbor, Not on the trackless deep; Not where ocean is blackest, Nor where the wild winds sweep. Refrain: But lost in sight of the harbor; Lost for the want of a hand; Strong and certain and steadfast, To pilot safe to the land. 2 Lost in sight of the harbor, The days of sailing past, In a few more brief moments, The shore lines might be cast. [Refrain] 3 Lost in sight of the harbor, The shore bells ringing clear, Their sweet chimes the last music That many a soul shall hear. [Refrain] 4 Lost in sight of the harbor, Wrecked by the fogs of sin, Some poor soul ship that’s sailing, Can never enter in. [Refrain] 5 Lost in sight of the harbor, "Lost," what a word of woe; Choose the only sure Pilot, Who "all the way" doth know. Refrain> Then safe you’ll rest in the harbor; Safe by the skill of a hand, Strong and certain and steadfast, The Pilot to "glory land." Languages: English Tune Title: [Lost in sight of the harbor]

Lost in Sight of the Harbor

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. #S28 (1906) Refrain First Line: But lost in sight of the harbor Languages: English Tune Title: [Lost in sight of the harbor]

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John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "Lost in Sight of the Harbor" in Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Lost in sight of the harbor]" in Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. 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