Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Rock'd in the cradle of the deep
Topic: Immortality
Writer: <no first name given> Willard
Composer: L Emerson
Meter: LM
Tune: Sessions
Hymn Number: 179
Page Number: 073, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsROCK'D 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 pow'r 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,
Rock'd 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
Rous'd 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,
Rock'd in the cradle of the deep.