The best information available indicates that this new verse to Eternal Father, Strong to Save appeared in 1943 in a little booklet then entitled, "A book of Worship and Devotion for the Armed Forces," published by the Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church, USA. The Presbyterian Church, USA, likewise has added a new verse which recognizes the advent of the field of aviation. However, inasmuch as it is not known whether the original words are now available in a hymnal, those original words are given below: 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. The words have been changed several times since the original hymn by Reverend Whiting was first published in 1860−61. It can be more easily located in these hymnals by consulting the "Index to First Lines" under Eternal Father, Strong to Save. The hymn, entitled Eternal Father, Strong to Save, is found in most Protestant hymnals. In that year, Lieutenant Commander Train inaugurated the present practice of concluding each Sunday's Divine Services at the Academy with the singing of the first verse of this hymn. In the United States, in 1879 the late Rear Admiral 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. Reverend 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. Dykes (1823−1876), who had originally written the music as Melita (ancient name for the Mediterranean island of Malta). In the following year, 1861, the words were adapted to music by another English clergyman, the Reverend John B. His experiences inspired him to pen the ode, Eternal Father, Strong to Save. Reverend Whiting (1825−1878) resided on the English coast near the sea and had once survived a furious storm in the Mediterranean.
The original words were written as a hymn by a schoolmaster and clergyman of the Church of England, the Reverend William Whiting.
The song known to United States Navy men and women as the "Navy Hymn," is a musical benediction that long has had a special appeal to seafaring men, particularly in the American Navy and the royal navies of the British Commonwealth and which, in more recent years, has become a part of French naval tradition.
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