Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Roll on thou mighty ocean
Topic: Times and Seasons/Missionary Assemblies
Writer: <no first name given> Noel's Collection
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 6s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1287
Page Number: 771, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsRoll on, thou mighty ocean:
And, as thy billows flow,
Bear messengers of mercy
To ev'ry land below.
Arise, ye gales, and waft them
Safe to the destin'd shore,
That man may sit in darkness
And death's deep shade no more.
O thou eternal Ruler,
Who holdest in thine arm
The tempests of the ocean,
Protect them from all harm.
O be thy presence with them,
Wherever they may be;
Though far from us who love them,
O be they still with thee!