| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | | “Eternal Father, strong to save” | | By William Whiting (1825–1878) |
| | | ETERNAL Father, strong to save, | |
| Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, | |
| Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep | |
| Its own appointed limits keep; | |
| O hear us when we cry to Thee | 5 |
| For those in peril on the sea. | |
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| O Christ, whose voice the waters heard | |
| And hushed their raging at Thy word, | |
| Who walkedst on the foaming deep, | |
| And calm amid the storm didst sleep: | 10 |
| O hear us when we cry to Thee | |
| For those in peril on the sea. | |
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| Most Holy Spirit, who didst brood | |
| Upon the chaos dark and rude, | |
| And bid its angry tumult cease, | 15 |
| And give, for wild confusion, peace; | |
| O hear us when we cry to Thee | |
| For those in peril on the sea. | |
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| O Trinity of love and power, | |
| Our brethren shield in danger’s hour; | 20 |
| From rock and tempest, fire and foe, | |
| Protect them wheresoe’er they go; | |
| Thus evermore may rise to Thee | |
| Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. | | | | |
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