PRINCE Philip’s funeral will feature the hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save on Saturday, 17 April – potentially with an extra verse at his request. Traditionally four-verses, the hymn is particularly ...
We conclude our week of thinking about the poetry of the English-language hymn tradition with what’s often called “The Navy Hymn,” or “The Royal Navy Hymn,” or just by its first line, “Eternal Father, ...
More than a month has passed since President Donald J. Trump issued a presidential proclamation announcing the passing at 94 of former president George H.W. Bush, in which Trump extolled the virtues ...
It struck me on Sunday morning (Armistice Sunday) as I stood in the church choir stalls. The 'augmented' words of the classical remembrance hymn, Eternal Father Strong to Save, flashed up on the giant ...
The hymn, formally entitled "Eternal Father, Strong To Save", was a favourite of the Duke and is considered especially poignant by sailors. But it also features two little-known additional verses ...
The hymn Eternal Father, Strong To Save will feature in the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral on Saturday, with the possible addition of a little-known extra verse at his request. Better known as "For Those ...
Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea!
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