Eternal Father, Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn) 1, 2, 3 William Whiting 4 Mary C. D. Hamilton 5 J. E. Seim 6 R. J. Dietrich 7 David B. Miller 8 Merle E. Strickland, James D. Shannon, Beatrice M. Truitt 9 L. E. Vogel 10 Unknown 11 J. E. Volonte 12 Gelen H. Meyer, James D. Shannon 13 Hugh Taylor 14, 15, 16 Unknown 1 Eternal Father, strong to save Whose arm hath bound the restless wave Who bids 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 walkedst 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 Most Holy Spirit who didst brood Upon the chaos dark and rude And bid its angry tumult cease And give for wild confusion peace O hear us when we cry to thee For those in peril on the sea. 4 Lord guard and guide the men who fly Through the great spaces in the sky Be with them always in the air In darkening storms or sunlight fair O hear us when we lift our prayer For those in peril in the air. 5 Eternal Father grant we pray To all Marines both night and day The courage honor strength and skill Their land to serve thy law fulfill Be thou the shield forevermore From every peril to the Corps. 6 Lord stand beside the men who build And give them courage strength and skill O grant them peace of heart and mind And comfort loved ones left behind Lord hear our prayer for all Seabees Where'er they be on land or sea. 7 Lord God our power evermore Whose arm doth reach the ocean floor Dive with our men beneath the sea Traverse the depths protectively O hear us when we pray and keep Them safe from peril in the deep. 8 O God protect the women too In service faith in thee renew O guide devoted hands of skill And bless their work within they will Inspire their lives that they may be Examples fair on land and sea 9 Creator Father who dost show Thy splendor in the ice and snow Bless those who toil in summer light And through the cold Antarctic night As they they frozen wonders learn Bless those who wait for their return. 10 Eternal Father Lord of Hosts Watch o'er the men who guard our coasts Protect them from the raging seas And give them light and life and peace Grant them from thy great throne above The shield and shelter of thy love. 11 Eternal Father King of birth Who didst create the heaven and earth And bid the planets and the sun Their own appointed orbits run O hear us when we seek thy grace For those who soar through outer space. 12 Creator Father who first breathed In us the life that we received By power of the breath restore The ill and men with wounds of war Bless those who give their healing care That life and laughter all may share. 13 God who dost still restless foam Protect the ones we love at home Provide that they should always be By thine own grace both safe and free O Father hear us when we pray For those we love so far away. 14 Lord guard and guide the men who fly And those who on the ocean ply Be with out troops upon the land And all who for their country stand Be with these guardians day and night And may their trust be in thy might. 15 O Father King of earth and sea We dedicate this ship to thee In faith we send her on her way In faith to thee we humbly pray O hear from heaven our sailor's cry And watch and guard her from on high. 16 And when at length her course is run Her work for home and country done Of all the souls that in her sailed Let not one life in thee have failed But hear from heaven our sailor's cry And grant eternal life on high! Amen. Material taken from http://www.osvet.com/ by written permission. ________________________________________________________________ kunstderfuge.com Classical Music MIDI Collection Info: http://www.kunstderfuge.com/, info@onclassical.com