The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7706

7706. When Through the Torn Sail

1. When through the torn sail the wild tempest is raging,
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.

2. O Jesus, once rocked 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.

3. And O! when the whirlwind of passion is raging,
When sin in our hearts his wild warfare is waging,
Then send down Thy grace Thy redeemèd to cherish
Rebuke the destroyer; Save, Lord, or we perish.

Text Information

• First Line: When through the torn sail the wild tempest is raging
• Title: When Through the Torn Sail
• Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
• Meter: 12.12.12.12
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Service of the Church Year (London: J. Murray, 1827)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: TORN SAIL, George W. Warren, 1865

Tune Information

• Name: IN STORM
• Composer: Charles E. Stephens (1889)
• Meter: 12.12.12.12
• Incipit: 53432 32176 65567
• Key: G Major
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1889
• Copyright: Public Domain