Living by Faith

If on a quiet sea Toward heaven we calmly sail

Author: Augustus Toplady
Tune: SELVIN
Published in 239 hymnals

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1. If, on a quiet sea,
Tow'rd heav'n we calmly sail,
With grateful hearts, O God, to Thee,
We'll own the fav'ring gale;
With grateful hearts, O God, to Thee,
We'll own the fav'ring gale.

2. But should the surges rise,
And rest delay to come,
Blest be the tempest, kind the storm,
Which drives us nearer home;
Blest be the tempest, kind the storm,
Which drives us nearer home.

3. Soon shall our doubts and fears
All yield to Thy control;
Thy tender mercies shall illume
The midnight of the soul;
Thy tender mercies shall illume
The midnight of the soul.

4. Teach us, in ev'ry state,
To make Thy will our own;
And when the joys of sense depart,
To live by faith alone;
And when the joys of sense depart,
To live by faith alone.



Source: The New Christian Hymnal #335

Author: Augustus Toplady

Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: If on a quiet sea Toward heaven we calmly sail
Title: Living by Faith
Author: Augustus Toplady
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Source: Pratt's Collection
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (101 - 200 of 239)

Sacred Lyrics #d59

Sacred Melodies #d59

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Sacred Songs For Public Worship #110

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Sacred Songs For Public Worship #110

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Sacred Songs for Social Worship #131

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Sacred Songs No. 2 #155

Sacred Songs No. 2 (words ed.) #d76

School and College Hymnal #d63

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School and College Hymnal #39

Schools Lyrics #d98

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Song Anchor #109

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #627

Songs for the New Life #d287

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #981

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #981

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #981

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Songs for the Sanctuary #981

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Songs for the Sanctuary #981

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Songs for the Sanctuary #981

Songs for the School #d72

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #236

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Songs for Young People #216

Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d225

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #82

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #82

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Songs of the Christian Centuries #34

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Songs of the Church #521

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Songs of the Pentecost for the Forward Gospel Movement #123

Standard Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #d118

Sunshine for Sunday Schools #d39

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Temple Melodies #271

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #369

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d372

The Alleluia #d101

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The Alleluia #109

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d322

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d179

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The Assembly Hymn and Song Collection #76

The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d230

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #665

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #836

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The Baptist Hymn Book #665

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #432

The Baptist Hymnal #432

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d272

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The Baptist Praise Book #1011

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The Baptist Psalmody #738

The Beacon Light #d46

The Book of Hymns #d212

The Book of Praise #d341

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The Brethren Hymnal #370

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d184

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d180

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The Chapel Hymnal #59

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The Chapel Hymnal #59

The Chapel Hymnal. 3rd ed. #d59

The Chautauqua Liturgy, a Collection of Services for the Use of Chautauqua Assemblies #d9

The Choralist #d154

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The Christian Hymnal #257

The Christian Lyre #d173

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The Christian Psalmist #350

The Church Hymnal #d180

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The Church Hymnal #249

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The Church Hymnary #617

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d389

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The Church Praise Book #368

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The College Hymnal #424

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The Congregational Hymn Book #513

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The Cyber Hymnal #2778

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The Emory Hymnal #333

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The Epworth Hymnal #201

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The Everlasting Joy #64a

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The Harp #484

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a484

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The Heart and Voice #201d

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #567

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #585

The Imperial Harmony #d119

The Imperial Harmony #d120

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The Jubilee Harp #303

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The Junior Hymnal #82

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The Manual of Praise for Sabbath and Social Worship #391

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #446

The Methodist Hymnal #d212

The Methodist Hymnal #321

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The Methodist Hymnal #446

The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d208

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The New Alleluia #109

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The New Christian Hymnal #335

The New Era of Song #d63

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The New Laudes Domini #865

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The New York Choralist #155

The One Key Singer #d23

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The Palm #153a

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The Palm #153b

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d277

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #255

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