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[Adrift on the waters so dark and so cold]

Appears in 22 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 33214 43261 55671 Used With Text: Saved from the wreck

Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold Refrain First Line: Poor child of the wreck, see the lifeboat is near Lyrics: 1. Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold, Afar from the beautiful city of gold, A vessel is sinking, for heavy the gale, The cable is broken, and tattered each sail. Refrain Poor child of the wreck, see the lifeboat is near, A sweet voice is heard, for the Master is here; He walks every billow, controls every wave, ’Tis Jesus, King Jesus, the mighty to save. 2. Oh, I was the sinner alone on the sea, But love’s blessèd signal were floating for me; Though thunders were rolling, and billows at strife, Lo, Jesus was calling, escape for thy life. [Refrain] 3. I stepped in the life boat, provided for me, And Jesus my Pilot, my Captain to be; His bosom my refuge, my haven of rest. I’m rescued from shipwreck, so happy and blest. [Refrain] 4. Life’s turbulent surges are kissed into peace, The beacons are shining, and songs never cease; Fair moonbeams, bright sunshine, illumine the tide, While onward to glory we’ll joyfully glide. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold] Text Sources: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4, by John R. Sweney & Henry Gilmour (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1897)

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Saved from the Wreck

Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5906 First Line: Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold Refrain First Line: Poor child of the wreck, see the lifeboat is near Lyrics: 1. Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold, Afar from the beautiful city of gold, A vessel is sinking, for heavy the gale, The cable is broken, and tattered each sail. Refrain Poor child of the wreck, see the lifeboat is near, A sweet voice is heard, for the Master is here; He walks every billow, controls every wave, ’Tis Jesus, King Jesus, the mighty to save. 2. Oh, I was the sinner alone on the sea, But love’s blessèd signal were floating for me; Though thunders were rolling, and billows at strife, Lo, Jesus was calling, escape for thy life. [Refrain] 3. I stepped in the life boat, provided for me, And Jesus my Pilot, my Captain to be; His bosom my refuge, my haven of rest. I’m rescued from shipwreck, so happy and blest. [Refrain] 4. Life’s turbulent surges are kissed into peace, The beacons are shining, and songs never cease; Fair moonbeams, bright sunshine, illumine the tide, While onward to glory we’ll joyfully glide. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold]

Saved from the wreck

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Heavenly Sunlight #20 (1900) First Line: Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold Refrain First Line: Poor child of the wreck, see the lifeboat is near Languages: English Tune Title: [Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold]

Saved from the Wreck

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Highway and the Way, or Burning Bush Songs No. 3 #28 (1907) First Line: Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold Refrain First Line: Poor child of the wreck, see the lifeboat is near Languages: English Tune Title: [Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt Author of "Saved from the Wreck" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Person Name: Henry Lake Gilmour Composer of "[Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold]" in The Cyber Hymnal Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry