Scripture Verse

There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. And they came to Him, and awoke Him, saying, Master, Master, we perish. Then He arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. And He said unto them, Where is your faith? Luke 8:23–25

Introduction

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Reginald Heber (1783–1826)

Words: Re­gi­nald He­ber (1783–1826). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Writ­ten and Adapt­ed to the Week­ly Church Ser­vice of the Year (Lon­don: J. Mur­ray, 1827), pag­es 120–21. In times of dis­tress and dan­ger.

Music: First Mode Me­lo­dy Tho­mas Tal­lis (1505–1585) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)

Lyrics

Oh God that mad­est earth and sky,
The dark­ness and the day.
Give ear to this Thy fa­mi­ly,
And help us when we pray!
For wide the waves of bit­ter­ness
Around our ves­sel roar,
And heavy grows the pilot’s heart
To view the roc­ky shore!

The cross our mas­ter bore for us,
For Him we fain would bear,
But mor­tal strength to weak­ness turns,
And cour­age to des­pair!
Then mer­cy on our fail­ings, Lord!
Our sink­ing faith re­new!
And when Thy sor­rows vi­sit us,
Oh send Thy pa­tience, too!