Eternal Father, Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn) Songtext
von John Bacchus Dykes

1 Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm doth bond 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.


Upon the terrace dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give for wild confusion peace;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
3 O Trinity of love and pow′r,
Thy children shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire, and foe,
Protect them where-so-e′er they go;
Thus, evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.