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Whispering Hope
Author: Septimus Winner Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain Appears in 67 hymnals First Line: Soft as the voice of an angel
Whispering Hope
[Soft as the voice of an angel]
Appears in 53 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Septimus Winner Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55517 65344 46543 Used With Text: Whispering Hope
[Soft as the voice of an angel]
Soft as the Voice of an Angel
Author: Alice Hawthorne Hymnal: Great Songs of the Church #277 (1921) Refrain First Line: Whispering Hope, O how welcome thy voice Languages: English Tune Title: [Soft as the voice of an angel]
Soft as the Voice of an Angel
Whispering Hope
Author: Alice Hawthorne Hymnal: Christian Hymns #308 (1935) First Line: Soft as the voice of an angel Refrain First Line: Whispering Hope Lyrics: 1 Soft as the voice of an angel,
Breathing a lesson unheard,
Hope with a gentle persuasion,
Whispers her comforting word.
Wait till the darkness is over,
Wait till the tempest is done,
Hope for the sunshine tomorrow,
After the shower is gone.
Chorus:
Whispering Hope
O how welcome thy voice,
Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice.
2 If in the dusk of the twilight,
Dim be the region afar,
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star?
Then when the night is upon us,
Why should the heart sink away?
When the dark midnight is over,
Watch for the breaking of day. [Chorus]
3 Hope as an anchor so steadfast,
Rends the dark veil for the soul,
Whither the Master has entered,
Robbing the grave of its goal.
Come then, O come, glad fruition,
Come to my sad weary heart,
Come, O Thou blest hope of glory,
Never, O never depart. [Chorus]
O blessed Hope! Languages: English Tune Title: [Soft as the voice of an angel]
Whispering Hope
Whispering Hope
Author: S. W. Hymnal: Timeless Truths #660 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain First Line: Soft as the voice of an angel Refrain First Line: Whispering hope, oh, how welcome thy voice Lyrics: 1 Soft as the voice of an angel,
Breathing a lesson unheard,
Hope with a gentle persuasion
Whispers her comforting word:
Wait till the darkness is over,
Wait till the tempest is done,
Hope for the sunshine tomorrow,
After the shower is gone.
Refrain:
Whispering hope, oh, how welcome thy voice,
Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice.
2 If, in the dusk of the twilight,
Dim be the region afar,
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star?
Then when the night is upon us,
Why should the heart sink away?
When the dark midnight is over,
Watch for the breaking of day. [Refrain]
3 Hope, as an anchor so steadfast,
Rends the dark veil for the soul,
Whither the Master has entered,
Robbing the grave of its goal;
Come then, oh, come, glad fruition,
Come to my sad weary heart;
Come, O Thou blest hope of glory,
Never, oh, never depart. [Refrain] Scripture: Hebrews 6:19 Tune Title: [Soft as the voice of an angel]
Whispering Hope
R. E. Winsett
1876 - 1952 Arranger of "[Soft as the voice of an angel]" in Radiant Joy Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music.
Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899.
He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory.
He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister in 1923, and was affiliated with the Church of God (Seventh Day).
Birdie Harris died late in the 1920s, and shortly thereafter Winsett moved back to Tennessee. He founded a new company in Chattanooga, and published more shape note music books. He remarried, to Mary Ruth Edmonton, in 1930, and had three further children.
Winsett's final publication, Best of All (1951), sold over 1 million copies, and in total his books sold over ten million copies. His song "Jesus Is Coming Soon" won a Dove Award for Gospel Song of the Year at the 1969 awards. He has been inducted into the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame.
--www.wikipedia.org
R. E. Winsett
Septimus Winner
1827 - 1902 Person Name: S. W. Author of "Whispering Hope" in Timeless Truths Born: May 11, 1827, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died: November 22, 1902, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Buried: Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
Pseudonyms--
Alice Hawthorne (an arrangement of his mother’s maiden name)
Percy Guyer
Mark Mason
Paul Stenton
Winner was a well known poet, composer and violinist. A self taught musician, he also ran a music store, gave lessons on various instruments, and played in the Philadelphia Brass Band and Cecilian Musical Society. He wrote or edited over 200 volumes of music, for more than 20 instruments, and produced 2,000 arrangements for violin and piano. He wrote the song "Listen to the Mocking Bird," but sold the rights to it for the grand sum of five dollars; in the next few years, it sold 20,000,000 copies.
Sources:
Hughes, pp. 470-71
Johnson, p. 708
Jones, pp. 176-77
Randel, pp. 990-91
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/w/i/n/winner_s.htm
Septimus Winner
L. O. Sanderson
1901 - 1992 Arranger of "[Soft as the voice of an angel]" in Church Gospel Songs and Hymns See also Vana R. Raye (pseudonym).
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Lloyd Otis Sanderson was born May 18, 1901 near Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a singing teacher. There were a variety of musical instruments in the home, so all of his children learned to sing and play instruments from early in life. He studied and taught music most of early teens and twenties and then began to serve churches for Churches of Christ.
Among Churches of Christ, L.O Sanderson is one of a handful of significant individuals who helped to codify the hymnody of this denomination in the early and mid 20th century. Dozens of his songs remain at the core of this group’s hymnody. As Musical Editor for the Gospel Advocate Company of Nashville during the hymnal heyday of the mid 20th century, Sanderson was responsible not only for the editing of a number of important hymnals, but for helping to shape the church’s song. He composed a number under the pen name of Vana Raye in tribute to his wife. As a composer of both lyrics and music, Sanderson collaborated with a number of individuals, the most notable being his friend, Thomas O. Chisholm, with whom he wrote “Be With Me, Lord,” perhaps his most popular hymn.
Dianne Shapiro, from Sanderson's autobiography (http://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/sanderson.htm) and D. J. Bulls
L. O. Sanderson
