Butter and Honey

Most every night when I go to bed, I grab a small hymnal that belonged to my Grandmother.  Once I’m settled and snuggled in, I open in it up and see what new treasures I can find or what old friends await me.  It is a wonderful way to direct my thoughts before reading my Bible and then going to sleep. Last night I found this hymn, which I have never seen or noticed before.  It ministered to my heart immediately. 

Let me share a bit about its’ author.  Septimus Winner, born May 11, 1827 in Philadelphia, and died Nov. 22, 1902, was a well known po­et, com­pos­er and vi­o­lin­ist. A self taught mu­si­cian, he al­so ran a mu­sic store, gave les­sons on var­i­ous in­stru­ments, and played in the Phil­a­del­phia Brass Band and Ce­ci­lian Mu­sic­al So­ci­ety. He wrote or ed­it­ed over 200 vol­umes of music, for more than 20 in­stru­ments, and pro­duced 2,000 ar­range­ments for vi­o­lin and pi­a­no. He wrote the song List­en to the Mock­ing Bird, but sold the rights to it for the grand sum of five dol­lars; in the next few years, it sold 20,000,000 co­pies. He wrote songs, both Christian and Popular, under such pseudonyms as: Alice Hawthorne, Percy Guyer, Mark Mason, and Paul Stenton.   In 1868, he wrote Whispering Hope.   You are familiar with another of his songs, I’m sure.  He also wrote “Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?”