Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: When through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming
Topic: Times and Seasons/The Sea
Writer: <no first name given> Heber
Composer:
Meter: 12s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1296
Page Number: 775, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming,
When o'er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming,
Nor hope lends a ray, the poor seaman to cherish,
We fly to our Maker-Save, Lord, or we perish!
O Jesus, once rock'd on the breast of the billow,
Aroused by the shriek of despair from thy pillow,
Now seated in glory, the mariner cherish,
Who cries, in his anguish-Save, Lord, or we perish!
And, O, when the whirlwind of passion is raging,
When sin in our hearts its sad warfare is waging,
Then send down thy grace, thy redeemed to cherish;
Rebuke the destroyer-Save, Lord, or we perish!