In December 2018, the hymn was played at memorial and funeral services for President George H. Correspondingly, it is known by many titles, periodically referred to as the Hymn of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, the Royal Navy Hymn, the United States Navy Hymn (or just The Navy Hymn), and sometimes by the last line of its first verse, "For Those in Peril on the Sea". Services who have adopted the hymn include the Royal Marines, Royal Air Force, the British Army, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Marine Corps, as well as many navies of the British Commonwealth. This hymn was popularised by the Royal Navy and the United States Navy in the late 19th century, and alterations of it were soon adopted by many branches of the armed services in the United Kingdom and the United States. They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths in their peril their courage melted away." For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves. They saw the works of the Lord, his wonderful deeds in the deep. "Some went out on the sea in ships they were merchants on the mighty waters. Id like to obtain some of these song books for gifts. Air Force, Lloyd Larson has created the ultimate hymn of patriotism and homage to our service men and women past and present. Using The Army Goes Rolling Along, Marine Corps Hymn, Semper Paratus (Coast Guard), Anchors Aweigh (Navy) and The U.S. United States Navy Band - Anchors Aweigh Lyrics. Whiting shared his experiences of the ocean and wrote the hymn to "anchor his faith". Whiting is commonly believed to have been inspired by Psalm 107, which describes the power and danger of the seas in great detail: One of our USNA issued 'textbooks' was bound in a Navy blue cloth cover, perhaps 50 pages, about 8'x10' and titled something like 'The Navy Book of Songs.' Music and lyrics not unlike a hymnal, it included Eternal Father (The Navy Hymn), Navy Blue and Gold, and. A Tribute to the Armed Forces is the only complete medley of official U.S. As headmaster of the Winchester College Choristers' School some years later, he was approached by a student about to travel to the United States, who expressed to Whiting a tremendous fear of the ocean voyage. Whiting grew up near the shores of England, and at the age of thirty-five had felt his life saved by God when a fierce storm nearly destroyed the ship he was traveling on, instilling a faith in God's control over the rage and calm of the sea. Anchors Aweigh is not an official Navy song. The original hymn was penned in 1860 by William Whiting, an Anglican churchman from Winchester, United Kingdom. On seven seas we learn Navys stern call: Faith, Courage, Service true, with Honor, Over Honor, Over All. The Story Behind Eternal Father, Strong to Save