Acts 27:37: So many influenced by one

So many influenced by one
Whom all for their example take!
Their lives, (and not their lives alone,)
Saved for their unknown Saviour's sake;
Paul could not for their lives entreat,
And their endanger'd souls forget.

Surely he ask'd his Lord to spare
Their souls as at the point to die,
And Jesus in His servant's prayer
Regarding His own Spirit's cry,
Received them all into His fold,
And in His book of life enroll'd.