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Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me Words by Edward Hopper Music by John E. Gould
• h i s hymn-poem, originally with ®six stanzas, was first published anonymously in the Sailor’s Mag azine, 1871, and a few months later in the Baptist Praise Book. It was not until nine years later that the identity of the author was learned. Edward Hopper was bom in New York City, February 17, 1816. He became a Presbyterian minis ter and for 18 years pastored the “Church of the Sea and Land,” especially for seamen, in New York City. For the anniversary service of the Seamen’s Friend So ciety, May 10, 1880, he was invited to write a new hymn. Instead, he brought “Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me” and read it, revealing for the first time that he was the true author. Hopper wrote several poems and hymns, modestly using various pen names. For many years he suf fered with a weak heart and died suddenly while writing a poem about Heaven, April 23, 1888. John Edgar Gould was bom in Bangor, Maine, in 1882. He be came a dealer in pianos and musi cal merchandise in New York City. Later he moved to Philadelphia and engaged in the same business in partnership with Wm. G. Fisch er (composer of “I Love To Tell The Story”). He was a noted chor al conductor, a tune composer and the publisher of many hymnals. Gould’s health broke in 1871 and he was advised to go abroad. He traveled several years, seeking health and died in Algiers, Africa, March 4, 1875. His widow wrote that he composed the time for “Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me” the night before he left America on the voyage from which he never re turned.
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