| Text: | Eternal Father, Strong to Save |
| Author: | William Whiting |
| Tune: | MELITA |
| Composer: | John B. Dykes |
1 Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm does bind the restless wave,
Who bids 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 Savior, whose almighty word
The winds and waves submissive heard,
Who walked upon the foaming deep,
And calm amid the rage did sleep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
3 O Holy Spirit, who did brood
Upon the waters dark and rude,
And bid their angry tumult cease,
And give for wild confusion peace;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
4 O Trinity of love and pow'r,
Your children shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;
Thus evermore shall 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 |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Topic: | God, Eternal; God, His Guidance and Care |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | MELITA |
| Composer: | John B. Dykes |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
| Key: | C Major |
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