IF, ON A QUIET SEA

IF, ON A QUIET SEA

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Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS
Meter: 6 6 6 6
Text: Augustus M. Toplady, 1772, alt.
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, 1994

1
If, on a quiet sea,
Toward Heav’n we calmly sail,
With grateful hearts, to Thee,
We’ll own the fav’ring gale.

2
But should the surges rise,
And rest delay to come.
Blest be the tempest storm,
Which drives us nearer home.

3
Soon shall our doubts and fears
All yield to Thy control;
Thy tender mercies shall illume
The midnight of the soul.

4
Teach us, in every state,
To make Thy will our own;
When joys of sense depart,
To live by faith alone.

5
If, on a quiet sea,
Toward Heav’n we calmly sail,
With grateful hearts, to Thee,
We’ll own the fav’ring gale.

6
But should the surges rise,
And rest delay to come.
Blest be the tempest storm,
Which drives us nearer home.

Text: Augustus M. Toplady, 1772. Public Domain
Music: CALL TO CHRISTIANS; Fr. J. Roel Lungay, 1994