Lord, by Thee in safety borne. J. Anstice. [Sunday Morning.] First published in his posthumous Hymns, &c, 1836, No. v., in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. In 1841 it was given in the Child's Christian Year as the opening hymn of that collection. It is in a few hymnals, including Kennedy, 1803, in which stanza ii., lines 1-4, and various alterations are by Dr. Kennedy.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)