4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, The sea, that roars at thy command, 5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, 6 Our life, while thou preserv'st that life, And death,-when death shall be our lot,Shall join our souls to thee. 1039 LORD 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. Safe with Jesus in the ship. ORD of earth, and air, and sea, Supreme in power and grace, Under thy protection we Our souls and bodies place. Bold an unknown land to try, We launch into the foaming deep; Rocks, and storms, and deaths defy, With Jesus in the ship. 2 Who the calm can understand, In the hollow of His hand Him with quiet joy adore Whom winds and seas obey. 1040 THEY THEY 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. God's wonders on the deep. EY that toil upon the deep, And, in vessels light and frail, O'er the mighty waters sweep, With the billow and the gale, 2 Mark what wonders God performs, In the chariots of the wind. 3 Up to heaven their bark is whirl'd, To the' abysses of the grave. Rescues them from all their fear. 5 0 that men would praise the Lord, 1041 His way is in the sea. LORD of the wide, extensive main, L. M. Whose power the wind, the sea, controls, Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain, Whose Spirit leads believing souls: 2 'Tis here thine unknown paths we trace, Which dark to human eyes appear; While through the mighty waves we pass, Faith only sees that God is here. 3 Throughout the deep thy footsteps shine; We own thy way is in the sea, O'erawed by majesty divine, And lost in thine immensity. 4 Thy wisdom here we learn to' adore; 1042 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s. He holdeth the waters in His hand. THOU, who hast spread out the skies, And measured the depths of the sea, Our incense of praise shall arise In joyous thanksgiving to thee. Forever thy presence is near, Though heaves our bark far from the land; We ride on the deep without fear; The waters are held in thy hand. 2 Eternity comes in the sound Of billows that never can sleep; Jehovah encircles us round; Omnipotence walks on the deep. Our Father, we look up to thee, As on tow'rd the haven we roll; And faith in our Pilot shall be An anchor to steady the soul. 1043 Calm in the storm. L. M. G Bids the tenne, whose we YLORY to Thee, whose powerful word Glory to thee, the sov'reign Lord e; Of air, and earth, and sea, and skies. 2 Let air, and earth, and skies obey, And seas thine awful will perform : From them we learn to own thy sway, And shout to meet the gath'ring storm. Or shake the soul when God is nigh. 5 Roar on, ye waves; our souls defy 6 Rage, while our faith the Saviour tries, 1044 Praise for protecting mercy. WHEN o'er the deep we rode, S. M. By winds and storms assail'd; 2 The tempest heard his voice, 3 With joy we hail'd the shore, 4 Thus, while o'er seas we roam, 5 And when this life is past, 6 Then, as we join the bands. We'll praise thee with uplifted hands, 1045 WHE 29th P. M. 4 lines 12s. Save, Lord, or we perish! THEN through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming, When o'er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, Nor hope lends a ray, the poor seaman to cherish, We fly to our Maker, Save,-Lord, or we perish! 2 O Jesus, once rock'd on the breast of the billow, Aroused by the shriek of despair from thy pillow,Now seated in glory, the mariner cherish, Who cries, in his anguish, Save, Lord, or we perish! 3 And, 0, when the whirlwind of passion is raging, When sin in our hearts its sad warfare is waging, Then send down thy grace, thy redeemed to cherish; Rebuke the destroyer, Save, Lord, or we perish! 1046 18th P. M. 10, 5, 11. Deliverance from danger. ALL praise to the Lord, who rules with a word The untractable sea, And limits its rage by his steadfast decree: Whose providence binds or releases the winds, And compels them again, At his beck, to put on the invisible chain. And commanded the tempest its distance to keep; We are joyful again in the haven to rest. And thankfully sing of his fatherly care; Perform'd by the virtue of Jesus's Name. |