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Text: | Eternal Father, strong to save |
Author: | William Whiting, 1825-78 |
Tune: | MELITA |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes, 1823-76 |
1 Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm doth bind the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.
2 O Saviour, whose almighty word
The winds and waves submissive heard,
Who walkedst upon the foaming deep,
And calm amid the rage didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.
3 O sacred Spirit, who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bad'st its angry tumult cease,
And gavest light and life and peace:
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.
4 O Trinity of love and power,
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them whereso'er they go:
And ever let there rise to thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Eternal Father, strong to save |
Author: | William Whiting, 1825-78 |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MELITA |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes, 1823-76 |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Key: | C Major |