The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6037

6037. The Ships Glide in at the Harbor's Mouth

1. The ships glide in at the harbor’s mouth,
And the ships sail out to sea;
And the wind that sweeps from the sunny south
Is sweet as sweet can be.
There’s a world of toil and a world of pain,
And a world of trouble and care,
But O in a world where our Father reigns,
There is gladness everywhere!

2. The harvest waves in the breezy morn,
And the men go forth to reap;
The fullness comes to the tasseled corn,
Whether we wake or sleep.
And far on the hills by feet untrod
There are blossoms that scent the air,
For O in this world of our Father, God,
There is beauty everywhere!

Text Information

• First Line: The ships glide in at the harbor's mouth
• Title: The Ships Glide in at the Harbor's Mouth
• Author: Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster (1893)
• Language: English
• Source: On the Road Home (Harper & Brothers, 1893)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: DEO GRATIAS
• Composer: Grace Wilbur Conant (1913)
• Incipit: 13343 25565 43453
• Key: C Major
• Source: Worship and Song, by Winchester and Conant, 1913
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Some hymnals show the composer as A. B. Ponsonby, Conant's pseudonym.