Welcome from the Rocks and Waves!

Verse 1
Welcom from the Rocks and Waves!
Welcom from the Winds and Seas!
Jesus, who his Servant saves,
Bids us meet again in peace;
Bids us still in Him confide,
Held in his almighty hand
Till we every storm outride,
Reach with shouts the heavenly land.

Verse 2
Who his truth and mercy know,
Passing thro’ the watry deep,
Us the flouds cannot or’eflow,
Safe with Jesus in the ship:
Passing thro’ the harmless flame
We the fiery Test endure,
Triumph in our Saviour’s name,
Make the Prize thro’ sufferings sure.

Verse 3
Jesus, dear redeeming Lord,
On thy Promise we depend,
True and faithful to thy word,
Thou shalt save us to the end,
Raise our bodies from the tomb,
Raise our souls with glory crown’d—
Worthy Judge eternal, come,
Come, and bid the Trumpet sound!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “The People’s Salutation of their Minister escaped shipwreck.” This hymn appears in the manuscript “MS Miscellaneous Verse 1786.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/594/17, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 5). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 3 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992), page 303.
Publishing: Public Domain