165 O’er the Trackless Ocean Guided
Wm. H. Adams, 1864—
A hymn on pioneer service, written probably with the Pilgrim Fathers in mind, but equally applicable to other groups of immigrants who came “o’er the trackless ocean” to build “rude homes” in the “new land, wild and lonely.”
Information concerning the author has not been traced. The hymn is not listed in Julian’s Dictionary.
MUSIC. BEECHER. For comments on this tune and its composer see Hymn 178.