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OUR DAILY BREAD                 Monday, November 7, 1994
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READ:  Acts 27:27-44



               "SAFE IN GOD'S CARE"

   "The Lord shall  preserve your going out and
       your coming in from this time forth

                   - Psalm 121:8


President Franklin D. Roosevelt loved the song we call
the "Navy Hymn."  It was sung at his funeral in Hyde Park,
New York, on April 14, 1945.  The words of the hymn were
written in 1860 by William Whiting, who taught and directed
a 16-voice boys choir.  He penned them for a student who
was about to set sail for America and who was apprehensive
about the journey.

The beautiful tune was written by John B. Dykes and first
published in 1861.  He named the hymn tune "Melita," the
Roman name for Malta, the island where Paul was shipwrecked.

They hymn is a simple prayer based on the profound truth
that the eternal God who created the universe controls all
the elements of nature and can protect His own no matter
how great the peril.  Wind and wave are subject to His
command.  The first verse reads:

        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.

When we or loved ones take a journey to some far-off
destination, or if we only travel to and from work, we
can be sure of His protection and care.

                                -- David C. Egner


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*        THOUGHT FOR THE DAY            *
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*     We need not fear shipwreck        *
*       with Jesus at the helm.         *
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*  THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  John 11-13   *
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