Roll On, Thou Mighty Ocean

Roll on

though migh­ty ocean!

And

as thy bil­lows flow

Bear mes­sen­gers of mer­cy

To ev­ery land below.

Arise

ye gales

and waft them

Safe to the des­tined shore;

That man may sit in dark­ness

And death’s black shade no more.

O Thou eter­nal Rul­er

Who hold­est in Thine arm

The tem­pests of the ocean

Protect them from all harm!

Thy pre­sence

Lord

be with them

Wherever they may be;

Though far from us who love them

Still let them be with Thee.