“JESUS, SAVIOUR, PILOT ME.”
The Rev. Edward Hopper, D.D. wrote this hymn while pastor of Mariner's Church at New York harbor, “The Church of the Sea and Land.” He was born in 1818, and graduated at Union Theological Seminary in 1843.
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me
Over life's tempestuous sea,
Unknown waves before me roll,
Hiding rock and treacherous shoal;
Chart and compass come from Thee,
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me!
Only three stanzas of this rather lengthy hymn are in common use.