Eternal Father! strong to save,

Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,

Who biddest the mighty ocean deep

Its own appointed limits keep;

O hear us when we cry to thee

For those in peril on the sea!

2 O Christ! whose voice the waters heard,

And hushed their raging at thy word,

Who walkédst on the foaming deep,

And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;

O hear us when we cry to thee

For those in peril on the sea!

3 O God of boundless love and power!

Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;

From rock and tempest, fire and foe,

Protect them wheresoe’er they go,

Thus evermore shall rise to thee

Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.