Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: The billows swell the winds are high
Topic: Aspiration to Divine Communion
Writer: William Cowper
Composer: Daniel Read
Meter: LM
Tune: Windham
Hymn Number: 240
Page Number: 090, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHE billows swell, the winds are high;
Clouds overcast my wint'ry sky;
Out of the depths to Thee I call;
My fears are great, my strength is small.
O Lord, the pilot's part perform,
And guide and guard me through the storm;
Defend me from each threat'ning ill;
Control the waves; say, "Peace! be still."
Amid the roaring of the sea,
My soul still hangs her hope on Thee;
Thy constant love, Thy faithful care,
Is all that saves me from despair.
Though tempest-toss'd and half a wreck,
My Saviour through the floods I seek;
Let neither winds nor stormy main
Force back my shatter'd bark again.