O Savior! When Thy Loving Hand

O Savior! when Thy loving hand
Has brought us o’er the sea,
Through perils many, safe to land—
The land we longed to see.

Oh, help us, for Thy help we need
Each moment more and more
In perils that we scarcely heed,
More deadly, on the shore.

Lord, save us! and the Christian name
Oh, help us pure to keep,
On sea or land, alike the same,
Till we in death shall sleep.

Then through Thy merits, washed and clean
From sin’s polluting stain,
In raiment white may we be seen
With all Thy saints to reign.

Author: Unknown

No clear attribution found in common hymnals or databases for this specific text. It appears in 19th-century collections of sailor/missionary hymns but is typically listed as anonymous or 'by a lady.' Not to be confused with better-known 'O Saviour' hymns by authors such as John Newton, Charles Wesley, or Ray Palmer.