1Eternal Father, strong to save,Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deepIts own appointed limits keep;O hear us when we cry to TheeFor those in peril on the sea.
2O Christ, Whose voice the waters heardAnd hush’d their raging at Thy word,Who walkedst on the foaming deep,And calm amid the storm didst sleep;O hear us when we cry to TheeFor those in peril on the sea.
3O Holy Spirit, Who didst broodUpon the waters dark and rude,And bid their angry tumult cease,And give, for wild confusion, peace;O hear us when we cry to TheeFor those in peril on the sea.
4O Trinity of love and power,Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;From rock and tempest, fire and foe,Protect them wheresoe’er they go;Thus evermore shall rise to TheeGlad hymns of praise from land and sea.
Text from archive.org. Public domain in the US and UK.
Sung at the funerals of Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1979) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (2021), and of several US presidents including John F. Kennedy. (source)
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In a Church of England funeral hymns may be sung at any suitable point; the Church's own step-by-step guide places one once everyone has gathered and another after the prayers. At a Catholic funeral Mass there is an entrance song, Communion hymns and a closing hymn at the procession.
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