(INTERCESSION FOR THOSE AT SEA.) "Thou rulest the raging of the sea."-Ps. lxxxix. 9.
I ETERNAL Father! strong to save, Whose arm doth bind the restless wave, Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep :
Oh, 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, dim.And calm amid its rage didst sleep: Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee P For those in peril on the sea!
3 O Sacred Spirit! who didst brood Upon the chaos dark and rude, Who bad'st its angry tumult cease, And gavest light and life and peace : Oh, 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 [sea. Glad hymns of praise from land and Amen.
(INTERCESSION FOR THOSE AT SEA.)
"He divideth the sea with His power."--Job xxvi. 12.
I O GOD, who metest in Thine hand The waters of the mighty sea, And barrest ocean with the sand By Thy perpetual decree;
2 What time the floods lift up their voice
And break in anger on the shore, When deep to deep calls with the noise
Of waterspouts and billows' roar; 3 When they who to the sea go down, And in the waters ply their toil,
Are lifted on the surge's crown, And plunged where seething eddies boil;
4 Rule then, O Lord, the ocean's wrath, And bind the tempest with Thy will; 'Tread, as of old, the water's path, And speak Thy bidding, "Peace, be still."
5 So with Thy mercies ever new, Thy servants set from peril free, cres. And bring them, Pilot wise and true, Unto the port where they would be:
PI Now we must leave our fatherland, And wander far o'er ocean's foam; Broken is kinship's dearest band, Forsaken stands our ancient home.
2 But One will ever with us go Through busiest day and stillest night: The heavens above, the deeps below, Stand all unveiled before His sight.
3 If but His hand still hold us fast, His presence hourly fold us round, The anchor of our souls is cast Firm on the one eternal ground.
4 Though scattered be our brethren now O'er land and ocean far apart, Yet to one Master still they bow, In Him they still are one in heart.
5 Sweet for each other oft to plead, And feel our oneness in the Son! Ah! then we daily meet indeed In spirit at our Father's throne.
6 Soon time for us shall cease to reign, The Saviour call us home in peace; At last we all shall meet again, And partings shall for ever cease. Amen.
Also the following:-O CHRIST our King, give ear (440).
ANDRO HART'S PSALTER, 1615.
"The winds and the sea obey Him."--St. Mark iv. 41.
I O LORD, be with us when we sail Upon the lonely deep,
Our guard when on the silent deck The nightly watch we keep.
2 We need not fear, though all around, 'Mid rising winds, we hear f The multitude of waters surge; For Thou, O God, art near.
cres. 3 The calm, the breeze, the gale, the The ocean and the land, [storm, All, all are Thine, and held within The hollow of Thy 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 If duty calls from threatened strife To guard our native shore, And shot and shell are answering The booming cannon's roar ;
7 Be Thou the mainguard of our host Till war and dangers cease, Defend the right, put up the sword, And through the world make peace.]
8 Across this troubled tide of life Thyself our pilot be,
Until we reach that better land, The land that knows no sea.
f 9 To Thee, the Father, Thee, the Son, Whom earth and heaven adore; Thee, Spirit moving on the deep, Be praise for evermore! Amen.
325" They willingly received Him into the ship; and immediately the ship was
at the land whither they went."-St John vi. 21.
I ON the waters dark and drear Jesus, Saviour, Thou art near; With our ship where'er it roam, As with loving friends at home.
2 Thou hast walked the heaving wave; Thou art mighty still to save; With one gentle word of Peace, Thou canst bid the tempest cease. 3 Safely from the boisterous main Bring us back to port again; In our haven we shall be, Jesu, if we have but Thee.
4 Only by Thy power and love
Fit us for the port above; Still the deadly storm within, Gusts of passion, waves of sin.
F 5 So when breaks the glorious dawn Of the Resurrection morn, When the night of toil is o'er, We shall see Thee on the shore.
F 6 Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three in One; Praise unending unto Thee, Now and evermore shall be.
5 The helmsman steers us through the F 10 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
And quicksands to the shore; [storms
Christ at the helm His vessel guides
To peace for evermore.
Eternal praise be given, [storms The God who guides through earthly To endless joys in Heaven! Amen.
7.6.7.6. D. DR. SAMUEL S. WESLEY, 1864.
327 “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.”—Isa. xliii. 2.
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