The Book of Worship ‎#330

330. The Sailor

1 Tossed upon life’s raging billow,
Sweet it is, O Lord, to know
Thou hast press’d a sailor’s pillow,
And canst feel a sailor’s woe:

2 Never slumbering, never sleeping,
Tho’ the night be dark and drear,
Thou the faithful watch art keeping,
All, all's well! Thy constant cheer.

3 And though loud the wind is howling,
Fierce though flash the lightnings red,
Darkly though the storm clouds scowling,
O’er the sailor’s anxious head,--

4 Thou canst calm the raging ocean,
All its noise and tumult still,
Hush the tempest's wild commotion,
At the bidding of Thy will.

Text Information

• First Line: Tossed upon life's raging billow
• Title: The Sailor
• Meter: 8s & 7s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1867
• Topic: Man a Saint: In Bodily and Spiritual Trouble

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