The Christian — Guidance and Protection

Jesus at thy command

No. 785
Metre H. M.
Tune TILFORD.
Words Anon.
Music L. A. Logan.
Key A-flat major
Singing key G♭ major
Time 4/4
6 stanzas

Words

Jesus at thy commandI launch into the deep;And leave my native land,Where sin lulls all asleep;For thee I would the world resign,And sail to heaven with thee and thine.

Thou art my Pilot, wise,My compass is thy word;My soul each storm defies,While I have such a Lord;I'll trust thy faithfulness and power,To save me in the trying hour.

Though rocks and quicksands deepThrough all my passage lie,Yet Christ will safely keep,And guard me with his eye;My anchor, hope, will firm abide,And every boisterous storm outride.

By faith I see the land,The port of endless rest;Through grace I hope to standAnd sing among the blest.O may I reach the heavenly shore,Where winds and waves distress no more.

Whene'er becalmed I lie,When wind and storm subside,Then to my succor fly,And keep me near thy side;For more the treacherous calm I dreadThan tempests bursting o'er my head.

Come, heavenly wind, and blowA prosperous gale of grace;Waft me from all below,To heaven, my destined place;There, in full sail, my port I'll find,And leave the world and sin behind.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION.»; hymn number «785» (large), tune name «TILFORD. H. M.» centred over the music (condensed display capitals), «L. A. LOGAN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Je»: only «Je - sus», «in-to» and «a-sleep» are hyphenated under the notes («command», «native», «resign» are printed whole). Under the music the reference line «252, 167.» in bold italics (sing also to the tune of hymn 252 or 167); stanzas 2–6 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«6» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«6.» here like stanza 1); stanza 6 continues at the top of the right column («To heaven, my destined place;» …), followed by «Anon.» in italics. The print sets a thin space before «;» («deep ;», «word ;», «Lord ;», «eye ;», «rest ;», «side ;», «grace ;», «place ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («I'll», «Whene'er», «o'er»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.