![]() 2 I yielded myself to His tender embrace, And faith taking hold of the word, My fetters fell off, and I anchored my soul: The haven of rest is my Lord. "I've anchored my soul in the "Haven of Rest," I'll sail the wide seas no more The tempest may sweep over wild, stormy, deep. I've anchored my soul in the haven of rest, I'll sail the wide seas no more The tempest may sweep o'er the wild stormy deep, In Jesus I'm safe evermore. "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." Hebrews 6:19. The Savior patiently waits and will save by His power divine. If your soul has never entered the haven of rest, now is the time to do so. In the fourth verse the soul is at rest and secure with the Lord while in the fifth we see the resting soul calling to others. The third verse shows the yielded soul giving praise to the Lord, as we who are saved should be doing today. In the second verse the soul is pictured as yielding to the Lord. ![]() ![]() And so were we until we yielded to Jesus and entered the haven. Many people we know are in that condition today, burdened and distressed with the load of sin, needing the safe haven. In the first verse of this hymn Gilmour pictures the soul as being in exile on life's sea. Though it cannot be verified, since Henry had spent weeks on the open sea, and the campground was on the ocean, the nautical metaphor makes sense. The tune (Haven of Rest) was composed by George D. "The Haven of Rest" was likely produced in 1889. In it he pictures the sinner seeking a safe harbor, and he presents the Lord Jesus Himself as that harbor. The most familiar song of Henry Gilmour's today is The Haven of Rest. Gilmour himself wrote many gospel songs and published more than 16 song compilations. In addition, he was a frequent visitor to the Ocean Grove Camp in New Jersey, and through these activities gained personal acquaintance with many writers and composers of gospel hymns. For four decades, he directed the choir at the Pitman Grove Camp Meeting, and worked at camp meetings and revivals in Maryland, and in Pennsylvania. He was in great demand as a song leader in the camp meetings of the day. However, Gilmour is best remembered as a gospel musician. He served the church for years as a Sunday School superintendent and choir director. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, New Jersey, where a Methodist church was organized with a first meeting in his home. After the war, Gilmour trained as a dentist, an occupation he had for many years. During a battle, he was captured, and spent months in a Confederate prison. He became a house painter, and served during the Civil War with the 1st New Jersey Cavalry. When the ship reached Philadelphia, he decided to seek his fortune in America. Memorable recordings over the years have been done by Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn and Kenny Rogers.Henry Lake Gilmour went to sea at the age of 16 to learn navigation. 'Sweet By-and-By' continues to be commonly performed. Translations of the lyrics are in a number of world languages. The American composer Charles Ives quoted the hymn in several works, most prominently in the finale of his Orchestral Set No. In the New Orleans jazz tradition 'Sweet By-and-By' is a standard hymn played in so-called "jazz funerals". The hymn, very popular in the nineteenth century, became a Gospel standard and has been included in hymnals ever since. It was not over thirty minutes from the time I took my pen to write the words before two friends with Webster and myself were singing the hymn.- Sanford Fillmore Bennett (1836-1898) Taking his violin, he played the melody and then jotted down the notes of the chorus. As he read his eyes kindled, and stepping to the desk he began writing the notes. Turning to my desk I penned the words of the hymn as fast as I could write. Turning to him, I said, “Webster, what is the matter now?” “It’s no matter,” he replied, “it will be all right by and by.” The idea of the hymn came me like a flash of sunlight, and I replied, “The Sweet By and By! Why would not that make a good hymn?” “Maybe it would,” he said indifferently. He came into my place of business, walked down to the stove, and turned his back on me without speaking. I had learned his peculiarities so well that on meeting him I could tell at a glance if he was melancholy, and had found that I could rouse him up by giving him a new song to work on. Webster, like many musicians, was of an exceedingly nervous and sensitive nature, and subject to periods of depression, in which he looked upon the dark side of all things in life. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1874.īennett described the composition of the hymn in his autobiography. Following the war, he returned to Elkhorn and started a drug store and began the study of medicine. In 1864 enrolled in the Wisconsin Volunteers and served as Second Lieutenant. ![]() Sanford Fillmore Bennett was born in New York, 21 June 1836.
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