The Beacon Light

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We are sailing over an ocean To a far and foreign shore

Author: Eben E. Rexford
Tune: [We are sailing over an ocean] (Root)
Published in 15 hymnals

Author: Eben E. Rexford

Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	We are sailing over an ocean To a far and foreign shore
Title:	The Beacon Light
Author:	Eben E. Rexford
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Sailing on, sailing on
Copyright:	Public Domain