The Christian — Guidance and Protection

Jesus, Saviour, pilot me

No. 769
Metre 7s. 6l.
Tune PILOT ME.
Words Anon.
Music John E. Gould.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 3/4
3 stanzas

Words

Jesus, Saviour, pilot meOver life's tempestuous sea;Unknown waves before me roll,Hiding rock and treacherous shoal;Chart and compass came from thee;Jesus, Saviour, pilot me.

When the apostles' fragile barkStruggled with the billows darkOn the stormy Galilee,Thou didst walk upon the sea;And when they beheld thy form,Safe they glided through the storm.

When at last I near the shore,And the fearful breakers roar'Tween me and the peaceful rest,Then, while leaning on thy breast,May I hear thee say to me,"Fear not, I will pilot thee."

About this hymn

As printed As printed (second hymn of the page, under the running head «THE CHRISTIAN—GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION.»): hymn number «769» (large), tune name «PILOT ME. 7s. 6l.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «JOHN E. GOULD.» at the right (capitals and small capitals), «Fine.» under it over the end of system 1, «D. C.» over the end of system 2. Stanza 1 is set with the music in three places: under system 1, between the staves, the roman line «1. Je - sus, Sav - iour, pi - lot me O - ver life's tem - pest - uous sea;» (lines 1–2) and, under it in italics after «D. C.—», «Chart and com - pass came from thee; Je - sus, Sav - iour, pi - lot me.» (lines 5–6, sung to system 1 after the D. C.); under system 2, «Unknown waves be - fore me roll, Hid - ing rock and treacherous shoal;» (lines 3–4). Stanza 1 is given below in verse order (lines 1–6). Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text (left and right column) under the italic reference line «489, 244.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 489 or 244), numbered «2», «3» without periods (written «2.», «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); all lines flush, without indents, as reproduced below (stanza 1 laid out the same way). «Anon.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «;» («sea ;», «thee ;» in the music, «sea ;» in stanza 2); it is closed up here. Apostrophes and quotation marks written straight («life's», «apostles'», «'Tween», «"Fear not, I will pilot thee."»). Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.