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Text:Guide Us, Pilot, To The Harbor
Author:Leander Wise
Tune:GOLD CREEK
Composer:W. J. Weaver
Media:MIDI file

8780. Guide Us, Pilot, To The Harbor

1 Our frail bark is on the ocean,
By the tempest wildly tossed;
Savior, calm the troubled waters,
Ere we are forever lost.

Refrain:
Oh, the storm! the wild, dark storm!
See the lighthouse on the strand;
Guide us, Pilot, to the harbor,
Safe into Immanuel’s land.

2 Hear the breakers of temptation,
Hear their sullen, angry roar;
Save us, guide us, and protect us,
Bring us to that blissful shore. [Refrain]

3 Help us, Lord to find the mooring
That shall hold our vessel fast;
Anchored to the Rock of Ages,
We are safe from sin at last. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Our frail bark is on the ocean
Title: Guide Us, Pilot, To The Harbor
Author: Leander Wise
Refrain First Line: Oh, the storm! the wild, dark storm!
Meter: 87.87 D
Language: English
Source: Sabbath Carols (Altoona, Penn: R. B. Mahaffey, 1881)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: ITHACA by Philip P. Bliss
Tune Information
Name: GOLD CREEK
Composer: W. J. Weaver
Meter: 87.87 D
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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