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[O'er a trackless sea I'm sailing]
Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Grant Colfax Tullar Incipit: 34537 12153 24661 Used With Text: My Pilot
[O'er a trackless sea I'm sailing]
My Pilot
Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Appears in 14 hymnals First Line: O’er a trackless sea I’m sailing Refrain First Line: I shall rest in safety o'er the harbor bar Lyrics: 1 O’er a trackless sea I’m sailing,
Often tempest tossed,
With no star of hope to guide me while I stray;
But I find I have a friend,
Who will guide me to the end,
For my Savior safely pilots all the way.
Refrain:
I shall rest in safety o’er the harbor bar,
And my pilot’s blessèd face I’ll see;
All the storms of life shall then be safely past,
Oh, what glory that will be!
2 There are rocks of doubt before me,
As I onward go,
And the billows oft my fragile bark assail;
But no danger will I fear,
Tho’ they may be hidden near,
For my pilot at the helm can never fail. [Refrain]
3 Oft the tempest, wildly beating,
Fills my heart with fear,
As I seek to gain the harbor bright and fair;
But there comes to me sweet peace,
All my doubt and fear shall cease,
For I know my pilot guides me safely there. [Refrain]
4 Storms may gather darkly round me,
And the tempest rage,
And the beacon lights along the shore be dim;
Yet my heart will not dismay,
I will wait the dawning day,
While my pilot’s at the helm I’ll trust in Him. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [O’er a trackless sea I’m sailing] Text Sources: The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1907), number 1
My Pilot
My Pilot
Author: G. C. T. Hymnal: The Kingdom of Praise #45 (1920) First Line: O'er a trackless sea I'm sailing Refrain First Line: I shall rest in safety o'er the harbor bar Lyrics: 1 O’er a trackless sea I’m sailing,
Often tempest toss’d,
With no star of hope to guide me lest I stray;
But I find I have a Friend,
Who will guide me to the end,
For my Saviour safely pilots all the way.
Refrain:
I shall rest in safety o’er the harbor bar,
And my Pilot’s blessed face I’ll see;
All the storms of life shall then be safely past,
Oh, what glory that will be!
2 There are rocks of doubt before me
As I onward go,
And the billows oft my fragile bark assail;
But no danger will I fear,
Tho’ they may be hidden near,
For my Pilot at the helm can never fail. [Refrain]
3 Oft the tempest, wildly beating,
Fills my heart with fear,
As I seek to gain the harbor bright and fair;
But there comes to me sweet peace,
All my doubt and fear shall cease,
For I know my Pilot guides me safely there. [Refrain]
4 Storms may gather wildly round me,
And the tempest rage,
And the beacon lights along the shore be dim;
Yet my heart will not dismay,
I will wait the dawning day,
While my Pilot’s at the hem I’ll trust in Him. [Refrain] Tune Title: [O'er a trackless sea I'm sailing]
My Pilot
My Pilot
Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9063 First Line: O’er a trackless sea I’m sailing Refrain First Line: I shall rest in safety o'er the harbor bar Lyrics: 1 O’er a trackless sea I’m sailing,
Often tempest tossed,
With no star of hope to guide me while I stray;
But I find I have a friend,
Who will guide me to the end,
For my Savior safely pilots all the way.
Refrain:
I shall rest in safety o’er the harbor bar,
And my pilot’s blessèd face I’ll see;
All the storms of life shall then be safely past,
Oh, what glory that will be!
2 There are rocks of doubt before me,
As I onward go,
And the billows oft my fragile bark assail;
But no danger will I fear,
Tho’ they may be hidden near,
For my pilot at the helm can never fail. [Refrain]
3 Oft the tempest, wildly beating,
Fills my heart with fear,
As I seek to gain the harbor bright and fair;
But there comes to me sweet peace,
All my doubt and fear shall cease,
For I know my pilot guides me safely there. [Refrain]
4 Storms may gather darkly round me,
And the tempest rage,
And the beacon lights along the shore be dim;
Yet my heart will not dismay,
I will wait the dawning day,
While my pilot’s at the helm I’ll trust in Him. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [O’er a trackless sea I’m sailing]
My Pilot
Grant Colfax Tullar
1869 - 1950 Person Name: G. C. T. Author of "My Pilot" in The Kingdom of Praise Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry.
As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888.
He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals.
His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver":
My Life is but a weaving
Between my Lord and me;
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.
Oft times He weaveth sorrow
And I, in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper,
And I the under side.
Not til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver's skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.
He knows, He loves, He cares,
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives His very best to those
Who chose to walk with Him.
Grant Tullar
--http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.
Grant Colfax Tullar
