The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

Out on an ocean all boundless we ride

No. 507
Metre 10s & 7s. P.
Tune HOMEWARD BOUND.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

Out on an ocean all boundless we ride,We're homeward bound, homeward bound.Tossed on the waves of a rough, restless tide,We're homeward bound, homeward bound.Far from the safe, quiet harbor we've rode,Seeking our Father's celestial abode,Promise of which on us each is bestowed,We're homeward bound, homeward bound.

Wildly the storm sweeps us on as it roars,We're homeward bound, homeward bound;Look! yonder lie the bright heavenly shores,We're homeward bound, homeward bound.Steady, O pilot! stand firm at the wheel;Steady, we soon shall outweather the gale;O, how we fly 'neath the loud-creaking sail!We're homeward bound, homeward bound.

Into the harbor of heaven now we glide,We're home at last, home at last;Softly we drift on its bright silver tide,We're home at last, home at last.Glory to God! all our dangers are o'er,We stand secure on the glorified shore;Glory to God! we shall shout evermore;We're home at last, home at last.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—HYMNS FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP.»; hymn number «507» (large), tune name «HOMEWARD BOUND.» centred over the music with the meter «10s & 7s. P.» («P.» smaller), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set with the music in three places: under system 1, between the staves, two roman lines in braces after «1.» — lines 1–2 («Out on an o - cean all boundless we ride, We're homeward bound, homeward bound.») and lines 3–4 («Tossed on the waves of a rough, restless tide, We're homeward bound, homeward bound.»), sung to system 1 and its repeat; under system 2, lines 5–6 («Far from the safe, qui - et har-bor we've rode, Seeking our Father's ce - les- tial abode,»); and under the bass staff of system 1, in italics after «D. C.—», lines 7–8 («Prom-ise of which on us each is bestowed, We're home-ward bound, homeward bound.»), sung to system 1 after the D. C. Stanza 1 is given below in that order (lines 1–8). Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column under the italic reference line «618.» (= the same words may be sung to the tune of hymn 618), followed by «Anon.» in italics. In stanzas 2–3 the lines «We're homeward bound, homeward bound» / «We're home at last, home at last» (lines 2, 4 and 8) are indented; the long lines of stanza 2 are broken by the narrow column («homeward / bound;», «heavenly / shores,», «homeward / bound.» twice) and are joined here, one verse per line. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («bound ;», «Look !», «pilot !», «wheel ;», «gale ;», «last ;», «God !», «shore ;», «evermore ;»); it is closed up here. Curly apostrophes are written straight. Spelling («harbor», «we've rode», «'neath», «o'er»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.