By mountain pass or valley low Wherever, Lord, your loved ones go,Eternal Father, when to Thee, Beyond all worlds, by faith I soar, Before Thy boundless majesty. OвЂ™er which our traffic runs amain. O Christ, the Lord of hill and plain. For those in peril on the sea. Its own appointed limits keep: O hear us when we raise our plea. Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm has bound the restless wave, Who bids the mighty ocean deep.

They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths in their peril their courage melted away.'This hymn was popularised by the Royal NavyВ and the United States NavyВ in the late 19th century, and alterations of it were soon adopted by many branches of the armed services in the United Kingdom and the United States. For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves. They saw the works of the Lord, his wonderful deeds in the deep. Whiting shared his experiences of the ocean and wrote the hymn to 'anchor his faith'.В Whiting is commonly believed to have been inspired by Psalm 107,В which describes the power and danger of the seas in great detail:'Some went out on the sea in ships they were merchants on the mighty waters. As headmaster of the Winchester College Choristers' School some years later, he was approached by a student about to travel to the United States, who expressed to Whiting a tremendous fear of the ocean voyage. Whiting grew up near the shores of England, and at the age of thirty-five had felt his life saved by God when a fierce storm nearly destroyed the ship he was traveling on, instilling a faith in God's control over the rage and calm of the sea.

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