Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Rocked in the cradle of the deep (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Rocked in the cradle of the deep

Topic: Times and Seasons/The Sea

Writer: <no first name given> Willard

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 1291

Page Number: 773, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Rocked in the cradle of the deep,

I lay me down in peace to sleep;

Secure I rest upon the wave,

For thou, O Lord! hast power to save.



I know thou wilt not slight my call!

For thou dost mark the sparrow's fall!

And calm and peaceful is my sleep,

Rocked in the cradle of the deep.



And such the trust that still were mine,

Though stormy winds swept o'er the brine,

Or though the tempest's fiery breath

Roused me from sleep to wreck and death!



In ocean caves still safe with thee,

The germs of immortality;

And calm and peaceful is my sleep,

Rocked in the cradle of the deep.