The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11581

11581. On the ocean of life we are sailing

1 On the ocean of life we are sailing,
For the Canaan above we are bound;
We are certain the port to be gaining,
Since the heavenly Pilot we’ve found.

Refrain:
Pilot me, pilot me;
Take the helm in Thine own hand,
Bring my sinking bark to land;
Pilot me, pilot me;
Pilot me.

2 For He knows where the dangers are lurking,
Where the rocks and the hidden reefs lie;
We are safe tho’ the billows are breaking,
And the hungry waves dash mountains high. [Refrain]

3 Soon the haven our bark will be nearing,
The Jerusalem golden and fair;
Soon the lights of the city appearing,
Soon the home of the ransomed we’ll share. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: On the ocean of life we are sailing
• Author: Lelia Naylor Morris (1905)
• Language: English
• Source: Jubilant Voices by W. Howard Doane, Elisha A. Hoffman, William Kirkpatrick and Charles H. Gabriel (Chicago: Hope Publishing Company, 1905)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [On the ocean of life we are sailing]
• Composer: Lelia Naylor Morris
• Key: E Major
• Copyright: Public Domain