Acts 27:24: And, lo, God hath given thee all them, &c

One good man endued with power,
Whom all the rest reject,
Singly bold, in danger's hour,
May a whole land protect;
Listening to a Christian's prayers,
Who pleads in faith the' atoning blood,
Oft the God of mercy spares
A sinful multitude.

O that such might now appear,
As in the gap to stand,
One appointed messenger
To guard Britarmids land!
Jesus, send by whom Thou wilt;
But ere we plunge into the deep,
Rid us from this load of guilt,
And save the sinking ship.