Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Glory to thee whose powerful word
Topic: Times and Seasons/The Sea
Writer: C Wesley
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1289
Page Number: 772, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGlory to thee, whose powerful word
Bids the tempestuous wind arise;
Glory to thee, the sovereign Lord
Of air and earth, and seas and skies.
Let air and earth and skies obey,
And seas thy awful will perform;
From them we learn to own thy sway,
And shout to meet the gathering storm.
What though the floods lift up their voice,
Thou hearest, Lord, our silent cry;
They can not damp thy children's joys,
Or shake the soul, while God is nigh.
Roar on, ye waves! our souls defy
Your roaring to disturb their rest;
In vain to impair the calm ye try-
The calm in a believer's breast.