Over the Rolling Sea

Over the roll­ing sea

Many the voic­es ap­peal­ing to me;

Groping in the dark­ness they

And to us for light they pray;

O

their cry rings pi­te­ous­ly

O’er the waves of the deep

roll­ing sea.

Over the roll­ing sea

Over the roll­ing sea!

Over the sea

call­ing to me

There with­out Je­sus the mill­ions I see;

Over the sea

plead­ing with me

Shall I not an­swer the pi­ti­ful plea?

Over the roll­ing sea

Millions are per­ish­ing

Lord

with­out Thee;

We are blessed with Gos­pel light

While they grope in hea­then night

And we send not

O the shame!

Help to them in the Sa­vior’s dear name

Over the roll­ing sea

Over the roll­ing sea!

Over the roll­ing sea

There is a mis­sion of mer­cy for me;

Souls by years of sin de­praved

By my ef­forts may be saved

If I help to send the light

To the peo­ple now sha­dowed in night

Over the roll­ing sea

Over the roll­ing sea!