William Whiting (November 1, 1825-May 3, 1878) wrote The Hymn of the U.S. Navy in 1860, titled Eternal Father, Strong to Save, st. I:
<Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm doth bind the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep,
O, hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea!> 1825WW001
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Endnotes:
1825WW001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Whiting, 1860, wrote The Hymn of the U.S. Navy, Eternal Father, Strong to Save, st. I. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), pp. 596-597.