The Winds and Billows Loudly Roar

Verse 1

The winds and billows loudly roar We flounder in the deep Our bark is frail,
far off the shore,
And Jesus is asleep.

Verse 2

"Save us, we perish, Lord,
" they cry;
To Thee we fly for aid; "Awake!
awake! " they say;

but why So faithless and afraid?

Verse 3

His head is pillow'd on the stern,
As Man He is asleep;
As God He all things does discern,
And endless vigils keep.

Verse 4

He does the elements control;
By His Almighty Will.
The angry waves their surges roll;
And at His Word are still.

Verse 5

O ye,
who in the Church's Bark O'er life's rough ocean sail,
When all around is drear and dark,
and human efforts fail,

Verse 6

Touch not, with rude, irreverent hands,
And coward faithlessness, Him,
who the winds and waves commands;
But wait in quietness.

Verse 7

O never, never when distressed,
To doubtful means resort; Christ's Bark,
when on the billow's crest,
Is safe as in the port.