Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: He bids us come his voice we know
Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CPM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 795
Page Number: 464, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHe bids us come; his voice we know,
And boldly on the waters go,
To him our Christ and Lord;
We walk on life's tempestuous sea,
For he who died to set us free,
Hath called us by his word.
Secure from troubled waves we tread,
Nor all the storms around us heed,
While to our Lord we look;
O'er every fierce temptation bound,--
The billows yield a solid ground,
The wave is firm as rock.
But if from him we turn our eye,
And see the raging floods run high,
And feel our fears within;
Our foes so strong, our flesh so frail,
Reason and unbelief prevail,
And sink us into sin.
Lord, we our feeble faith confess,
That little spark of faith increase,
That we may doubt no more;
But fix on thee our steady eye,
And on thine outstretched arm rely,
Till all the storm is o'er.