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When Our Ships Come Sailing Home
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: When our ships have crossed the ocean, and been all around the world Refrain First Line: O what singing, O what shouting
When Our Ships Come Sailing Home
[When our ships have crossed the ocean]
Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 12331 23335 54123 Used With Text: When our ships come sailing home
[When our ships have crossed the ocean]
When Our Ships Come Sailing Home
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13098 First Line: When our ships have crossed the ocean Refrain First Line: Oh, what singing, oh, what shouting Lyrics: 1 When our ships have crossed the ocean,
And have been all round the world,
When they safely gain the harbor,
And their sails again are furled;
We rejoice to see them enter,
And to know the anchor’s cast,
Raising joyful shouts of welcome,
For our ships are home at last.
Refrain:
Oh, what singing, oh, what shouting,
When our ships come sailing home;
They have stood the mighty tempests,
They have crossed the ocean’s foam;
They have passed o’er stormy billows,
But they now have gained the shore;
The anchor’s cast, they’re home at last,
The voyage is safely o’er.
2 But if there is such rejoicing
To see vessels here get home,
When we know that in a little
While these ships again will roam;
Oh, what must it be in Heaven
When a soul comes sailing in,
To go out no more forever,
Sailing on the sea of sin? [Refrain]
3 O, methinks I hear the angels shout,
"Here comes an earthly bark;
She has found her way to Heaven,
Tho’ the way was rough and dark;
But she had a star to guide her,
Called the bright and morning star;
It has guided millions over
From that distant land afar." [Refrain]
4 So with Jesus as our captain
We expect to gain that shore;
We expect to cast our anchor there,
And stay forevermore;
And we know the angels will be there
To greet us when we come;
They will join in songs of rapture,
"Welcome home, oh, welcome home." [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When our ships have crossed the ocean]
When Our Ships Come Sailing Home
When Our Ships Come Sailing Home
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #194 (1897) First Line: When our ships have crossed the ocean Refrain First Line: Oh what singing, oh what shouting Lyrics: 1 When our ships have crossed the ocean,
and been all around the world,
When they safely gain the haven,
and their sails again are furled;
We rejoice to see them enter,
and to know the anchor’s cast,
Raising joyful shouts of welcome,
for our ships are home are last.
Refrain:
Oh what singing, oh what shouting,
When our ships come sailing home!
They have stood the mighty tempests,
they have crossed the ocean’s foam;
They have passed o’er stormy billows,
but they now have gained the shore;
The anchor’s cast, they’re home at last,
the voyage is safely o’er.
2 But if there is such rejoicing
to see vessels here get home,
When we know in a little
while these ships again will roam—
Oh, what must it be in heaven
when a soul comes sailing in
To go out no more for ever
sailing on the sea of sin? [Refrain]
3 Oh, me-thinks I hear the angels shout,
“Here comes an earthly bark,
She has found her way to heaven,
though the way was rough and dark;
But she had a star to guide her
called the Night and Morning Star—
It has guided millions over
from that distant land afar.” [Refrain]
4 So with Jesus as our Captain
we expect to gain that shore;
We expect to cast our anchor there,
and stay for evermore:
And we know the angels will be there
to greet us when we come,
They will join in songs of rapture,
“Welcome come, oh, welcome home!” [Refrain] Tune Title: [When our ships have crossed the ocean]
When Our Ships Come Sailing Home
When Our Ships Come Sailing Home
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Give Thanks and Sing #47 (1909) First Line: When our ships have crossed the ocean Refrain First Line: Oh what singing, oh what shouting Languages: English Tune Title: [When our ships have crossed the ocean]
When Our Ships Come Sailing Home
Johnson Oatman, Jr.
1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Author of "When Our Ships Come Sailing Home" in Give Thanks and Sing Johnson Oatman, Jr., son of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Medford, N. J., April 21, 1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church.
Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown, N. J., and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, N. J. At the age of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly ordained by Bishop Merrill. However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a local preacher.
For many years he was engaged with his father in the mercantile business at Lumberton, N. J., under the firm name of Johnson Oatman & Son. Since the death of his father, he has for the past fifteen years been in the life insurance business, having charge of the business of one of the great companies in Mt. Holly, N. J., where he resides.
He has written over three thousand hymns, and no gospel song book is considered as being complete unless it contains some of his hymns.
In 1878 he married Wilhelmina Reid, of Lumberton, N.J. and had three children, Rachel, Miriam, and Percy.
Excerpted from Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers by Jacob Henry Hall; Fleming H. Revell, Co. 1914
Johnson Oatman, Jr.
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[When our ships have crossed the ocean]" in Give Thanks and Sing John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
