Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again

Search Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search
Text Identifier:"^we_are_voyagers_on_an_ocean_and_our_dest$"✖

Planning worship? Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org, for 20+ additional resources related to your search.

Texts

text icon
Text authorities
Texts

We Are Voyagers

Author: James Albert Libby Appears in 14 hymnals First Line: We are voyagers on an ocean, and our destiny we know Refrain First Line: Then we'll watch and we'll pray
We Are Voyagers

Tunes

tune icon
Tune authorities
Tunes
Page scans

[We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. R. Hanby Incipit: 34555 65321 45671 Used With Text: We Are Voyagers
[We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know]

Instances

instance icon
Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals
Instances
Page scan

We Are Voyagers

Hymnal: The Golden Sheaf No. 2 #27 (1916) First Line: We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know Refrain First Line: Then we'll watch and we'll pray Languages: English Tune Title: [We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know]
We Are Voyagers
Page scan

We Are Voyagers

Author: J. Albert Libby Hymnal: The New Jubilee Harp #525 (1885) First Line: We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know Refrain First Line: Then we'll watch and we'll pray Languages: English Tune Title: [We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know]
We Are Voyagers
Page scan

We Are Voyagers

Author: J. Albert Libby Hymnal: The New Jubilee Harp #525 (1888) First Line: We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know Refrain First Line: Then we'll watch and we'll pray Languages: English Tune Title: [We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know]
We Are Voyagers

View 11 more instances

instance icon
View 11 more instances

People

person icon
Authors, composers, editors, etc.
People

B. R. Hanby

1833 - 1867 Composer of "[We are voy'gers on an ocean, and our destiny we know]" in The New Jubilee Harp Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is a Hanby Residence Hall at Otterbein University. Best known for "Up on the housetop" and "Darling Nellie Gray," Hanby published many hymns including "Little Eyes" and "Who is He? Mary Louise VanDyke
B. R. Hanby

James A. Libby

1832 - 1907 Person Name: J. Albert Libby Author of "We Are Voyagers" in The New Jubilee Harp
James A. Libby
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.