“If, on a quiet sea,
Toward heaven we calmly sail,
With grateful hearts, O God, to Thee,
We’ll own the favoring gale.”
Special reference was made to the last verse:
“Teach us, in every state,
To make Thy will our own;
And when the joys of sense depart,
To live by faith alone.”
Such was the hymn beloved by the man who endeavored to enlist men and women to bring their daily conversation into harmony with the Golden Rule.