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Text: | Eternal Father, Strong to Save |
Author: | William Whiting (1825-1878) |
Tune: | MELITA |
Composer: | John B. Dykes (1823-1876) |
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 on the foaming deep,
And calm amid its 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,
Who badd’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 wheresoe’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 |
Title: | Eternal Father, Strong to Save |
Author: | William Whiting (1825-1878) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | God the Father: Majesty and Power of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MELITA |
Composer: | John B. Dykes (1823-1876) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Incipit: | 13355 66551 27554 |
Key: | C Major |