Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#646

646. O Lord, be with us when we sail

1 O Lord, be with us when we sail
Upon the lonely deep,
Our guard when on the silent deck
The midnight watch we keep.

2 We need not fear, though all around
'Mid rising winds we hear
The multitude of waters surge;
For Thou, O God, art near.

3 The calm, the breeze, the gale, the storm,
That pass from land to land,
All, all are Thine, are held within
The hollow of Thine hand.

4 As when on blue Gennesaret
Rose high the angry wave,
And Thy disciples quailed in dread,
One word of Thine could save;

5 So when the fiercer storms arise
From man's unbridled will,
Be Thou, Lord, present in our hearts,
To whisper,"Peace, be still!"

6 Across this troubled tide of life
Thyself our pilot be,
Until we reach that better land,
The land that knows no sea.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord, be with us when we sail
• Author: E. A. Dayman, 1807-1890
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Seasons and Occasions; Travellers' Hymns; Jesus (See also Christ): Pilot; Pilot, Christ our

Tune Information

• Name: ST. JAMES
• Composer: R. Courteville, d. 1772
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: A Major