309a. Safe upon the billowy deep

1 Safe upon the billowy deep,
Loving Lord, Thy servants keep;
Helpless, trusting pilgrims they,
Guard them on their watery way.

2 In the morning fill their sails,
'Mid the dark send favoring gales;
If their sky be overcast,
Calm the waves, and still the blast.

3 Let Thy sunshine guide by day;
Send at eve the starry ray;
Through the watches of the night,
Be Thou, Lord, their shining light.

4 Thus, as hour by hour rolls by
Watch them with Thy sleepless eye:
Guide with Thine almighty hand
Safe unto the haven-land.

5 And at last, life's voyage o'er,
Take us to the heavenly shore,
Safe in port, to dwell with Thee
Where there shall be "no more sea."

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Safe upon the billowy deep
Title: Safe upon the billowy deep
Author: Henry Coppée (1887)
Meter: 7 S.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1894
Topic: Travellers by Sea or Land
Notes: Tune name in index: MARINER
Tune Information
Name: [Safe upon the billowy deep]
Composer: Rev. J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc.
Meter: 7 S.



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