Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.
Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.
Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
| 416b | The Hymnal#417 | 418 |
| Text: | Safe upon the billowy deep |
| Author: | Henry Coppée |
| Tune: | LEW TRENCHARD |
| Harmonizer: | Winfred Douglas |
Safe upon the billowy deep,
Loving Lord, thy servants keep;
Helpless, trusting pilgrims they,
Guard them on their watery way.
In the morning fill their sails,
Mid the dark send favouring gales;
If their sky be overcast,
Calm the waves, and still the blast.
Let thy sunshine guide by day;
Send at eve the starry ray;
Through the watches of the night,
Be thou, Lord, their shining light.
Thus, as hour by hour rolls by,
Watch them with thy sleepless eye:
Guide with thine almighty hand
Safe unto the haven-land.
380
And at last, life's voyage o'er,
Take us to the heavenly shore,
Safe in port, to dwell with thee
Where there shall be "no more sea."
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Safe upon the billowy deep |
| Author: | Henry Coppée (1887) |
| Meter: | Four 7's |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1916 |
| Topic: | Travelers by Sea and Land; Sunday Schools: National Days |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | LEW TRENCHARD |
| Harmonizer: | Winfred Douglas (1918) |
| Meter: | Four 7's |
| Incipit: | 34323 12366 71765 |
| Key: | C Major |
| Source: | Cornish Folksong |
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files