Coffee With Pat
Written By: Pat Aman
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I am now going to share with you about the song, "Whispering Hope." You are going to be surprised. The author was a man, not a woman. He also wrote "O Where O Where Is My Little Dog Gone", "Listen To The Mockingbird", "What Is Home Without A Mother". Read the information about the life of Septimus Winner, (Alice Hawthorne) He got the Hawthorne from his mother. They are not sure where the Alice came from. After you finish reading, go to the words below and sing along with the music. "Without God, there is No Hope. Look to God today to give you peace and hope in your life." Pastor Pat Aman Psalm 71:5, "For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth. By You I have been upheld from birth. You are He who took me out of my mother's womb. My praise shall be continually of You." The Author who wrote Whisper Hope was Septimus Winner. He was born May 11, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a boy, he studied the violin and gained such musical proficiency that, by the age of 20, he was running his own music shop and giving lessons on a variety of instruments. By the end of his life, he had written more than 200 music instruction books for 23 separate instruments; his book of banjo instruction is still usable today. Winner was apparently more successful as an instructor than as a composer, although his song output equaled his book output. Writing as "Alice Hawthorne," Winner had only a few "hits," among them "What Is Home Without a Mother?" in 1854 and the still-popular "Listen to the Mockingbird." "Mockingbird," for which Winner received the princely sum of $5.00, has sold at least 25 million copies since its publication in 1855. Winner's Wartime compositions were not, for the most part, memorable, although one calling for the return to command of sacked General George B. McClellan did cause something of a stir. The Lincoln administration considered the lyrics of "Give Us Back Our Old Commander: Little Mac, the People's Pride" subversive, and its composer spent some time in jail for his troubles. The song made a brief appearance some years later, with altered lyrics, during General Ulysses S. Grant's successful run for the presidency. Winner's only other notable Wartime composition had nothing to do with the War;"Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone" was set to the tune of the German Folk song "Lauterbach". Following the conclusion of the War, Winner penned such compositions as,"Ten Little Injuns," "Abraham's Daughter," and "Whispering Hope." Winner died November 22, 1902, at the age of 75. Whispering Hope Written By: Alice Hawthorne Soft as the voice of an angel, Breathing a lesson unheard, Hope with a gentle persuasion Whispers her comforting word: Wait till the darkness is over, Wait till the tempest is done, Hope for the sunshine tomorrow, After the shower is gone. Refrain Whispering hope, oh how welcome thy voice, Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice. If, in the dusk of the twilight, Dim be the region afar, Will not the deepening darkness Brighten the glimmering star? Then when the night is upon us, Why should the heart sink away? When the dark midnight is over, Watch for the breaking of day. Refrain Hope, as an anchor so steadfast, Rends the dark veil for the soul, Whither the Master has entered, Robbing the grave of its goal. Come then, O come, glad fruition, Come to my sad weary heart; Come, O Thou blest hope of glory, Never, O never depart. Refrain

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