The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#305a

305a. O Lord, be with us when we sail

1 O Lord, be with us when we sail
Upon the lonely deep,
Our Guard, when on the silent deck
The midnight watch we keep.

2 We need not fear, though all around
'Mid rising winds we hear
The multitude of waters surge;
For Thou, O God, art near.

3 The calm, the breeze, the gale, the storm,
The ocean and the land,
All, all are Thine, are held within
The hollow of Thy hand.

4 As when on blue Gennesareth
Rose high the angry wave,
And Thy disciples quailed in dread,
One word of Thine could save;

5 So when the fiercer storms arise
From man's unbridled will,
Be Thou, Lord, present in our hearts
To whisper "Peace be still."

6 If duty calls from threatened strife
To guard our native shore,
And shot and shell are answering
The booming cannon's roar;

7 Be Thou the mainquard of our host,
Till war and dangers cease;
Defend the right, put up the sword,
And through the world make peace.

8 Across this troubled tide of life
Thyself our Pilot be,
Until we reach that better land,
The land that knows no sea.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord, be with us when we sail
• Title: O Lord, be with us when we sail
• Author: Edw. A. Dayman (1865)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: Travellers by Sea or Land
• Notes: Tune name in index: HORSLEY; Sts. 6 and 7 to be added in time of war

Tune Information

• Name: [O Lord, be with us when we sail]
• Composer: W. Horsely, Mus. Bac.
• Meter: C. M.