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Eternal Father, Strong to Save – Christian Navy Hymn with lyrics Hymn to the Sea / Choir

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Words: Will­iam Whit­ing, 1860. He wrote the lyr­ics as a po­em for a stu­dent about to sail for Amer­i­ca.

Music: Melita, John B. Dykes, in Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1861. Dykes fit­ting­ly named the tune af­ter a lo­cale as­so­ci­at­ed with a Bib­li­cal ship­wreck. Mel­i­ta was the
isl­and the Apos­tle Paul reached af­ter his ship went down (Acts 28:1); to­day we know it as the isle of Mal­ta.

William Whiting (1825-1878)

In America, Eter­nal Fa­ther is oft­en called the Na­vy Hymn, be­cause it is sung at the Na­val Acad­e­my in An­na­po­lis, Ma­ry­land. It is al­so sung on ships of the Brit­ish Roy­al Na­vy and has been trans­lat­ed in­to French. It was the fa­vor­ite hymn of U.S. Pres­i­dent Frank­lin Roo­se­velt and was sung at his fun­er­al in Hyde Park, New York, Ap­ril 1945. The Na­vy Band played it in 1963 as U.S. Pre­si­dent John Ken­ne­dys bo­dy was car­ried up the steps of the U.S. Cap­i­tol to lie in state. Roo­se­velt served as Sec­re­ta­ry of the Na­vy, and Ken­ne­dy was a PT boat com­mand­er in World War II.

The original words were written as a hymn by a schoolmaster and clergyman of the Church of England, the Rev. William Whiting. Rev. Whiting (1825-1878) resided on the English coast near the sea and had once survived a furious storm in the Mediterranean. His experiences inspired him to pen the ode, “Eternal Father, Strong to Save.” In the following year, 1861, the words were adapted to music by another English clergyman, the Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876) , who had originally written the music as “Melita” (ancient name for the Mediterranean island of Malta). Rev. Dykes’ name may be recognized as that of the composer given credit for the music to many other well-known hymns, including “Holy, Holy, Holy,” “Lead, Kindly Light,” “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” and “Nearer, My God to Thee.”
In the United States, in 1879 the late Rear Adm. Charles Jackson Train, an 1865 graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis was a lieutenant commander stationed at the Academy in charge of the Midshipman Choir. In that year, Lt. Comdr. Train inaugurated the present practice of concluding each Sunday’s Divine Services at the Academy with the singing of the first verse of this [support us] /> The hymn, entitled “Eternal Father, Strong to Save,” is found in most Protestant Hymnals. It can be more easily located in these hymnals by consulting the “Index to First Lines” under “Eternal Father, Strong to Save.” The words have been changed several times since the original hymn by Rev. Whiting was first published in 1860-61. One will find that the verses as now published differ from the original primarily in the choice of one or two words in several lines of each verse.

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  13. MY UNCLE SERVED IN THE U.S.NAVY, HE REMEMBERS THIS SONG WELL. AS I HAD SERVED FOR A SHORT TIME IN THE U.S.COAST GUARD RESERVE, I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS SONG TO ALL THOSE IN ALL SERVICES AND COUNTRIES WHO IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE ON ETERNAL PATROL, AND TO ALL THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS, GOD BLESS YOU. U BOAT COMMANDER 157

  19. Almighty Father, Lord of light, Thy wonders sparkle through dark of night!
    Watch o'er our men of mortal birth, who boldly go far from home and Earth.
    Guide all those who'd touch Thy Holy face,
    Away from peril in the dark of space.

  38. My mother's cousin, mine too but I never met him, star of his class at Annapolis, Lieutenant in the US Navy gave his life in WWII aboard his USS Grampus. I always remember Lieutenant Robert Guiler when I hear this song. He was one of the best of his generation. War casualties always are.

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