Dan Forrest- Eternal Father Strong To Save (The Navy Hymn) 

Chris Cline. Well said! I have been there and has the same experience at sea! What a great hymn! It brings me to tears every time I’ve heard it since Boot Camp Great Lakes 1966!

@@edwinschwartz2472 Thank you for that, and thank you for your service, Shipmate.

Anyone critical of this music is a fraud. For those of us who faced the waves and wind there is no better expression that our fellow sailors matter and the bond of a common experience is beyond words.

and following seas.....

And following seas!

May Gods love comfort you and give you peace.

Not quite all. But they certainly foreshadow our future joy...

Bravo Zulu shipmate!

The Hobgoblin Thank you for sharing the history behind this great hymn. Certainly one of my favorites.🙏🏿

Thanks for bringing this message.

Appreciate the additional information.

Thank you for sharing how came to be. That adds so much to a song we enjoys

We sang this hymn in Germany in 1992. 30 something years later it inspired my founding a company to help people with Anxiety of many kinds. Anchor Counseling owes a debt to Wheaton College Men's Glee Club long tour of Europe in 1991 and tge brave men with whom I sang in College. Praise God for bravery.😊

Because I live in the Great Lakes area of the United States of America, it is the Merchant Seamen who have my admiration. Winds and waves on our "Inland Seas" have over time taken many ships and human lives. Each March, a Blessing of the Fleet is held at Mariners Church, in Detroit. It was when I attended this service for the first time that the powerful words brought me to tears. Although more familiar with the original tune (Melita) I find this arrangement to convey the same emotional depth.

@@dawnroberts8701Thank you for your comment Dawn. May God bless the mariners on those treacherous waters and keep them safe.

Wondering if this was a dress rehearsal...? Sad to see such a sparse turnout...😞 (but a lovely rendition!)

Lovely!

@@danielgregory3295 yes, I assume the same thing. With the ladder propped up on the left. Still lovely....the full concert must have been stunning.

Ditto, 1972.

​@@solgarling-squire7531Hehe. Its a Christian hymn bud.

@@solgarling-squire7531 You can't know anything from a RU-vid comment. Maybe he's a sailor. Maybe genuinely feels grateful that being a Christian meant he crossed paths with this song.

O Savior who descended deep, But rose again, death could not keep. As your ascent to the Fathers side, So bring our brethren back to the light. And ever more shall rise to Thee, Glad hymns of praise from beneath the sea. ........ My verse for submariners, USS Tinosa SSN606, USS Luce DLG7, '71-'75 ....... I have found that many, very many, verses have been written.

My first was at NTC Great Lakes 1966

Brian McCrorie Praise God. 🙌

May God Bless you and your family. May God Bless our beloved Navy and Marine Corps... Semper Fidelis Bruce. USMC

Both Roosevelts held the position of Assiant Secretary of the Navy.

There are versions of the lyrics for each of the US services (including the submarine service, where I served). You can find them on line.

Dan Forrest Mr. Forrest may I take the liberty to tell you how grateful I am for you. Your music changes lives!!! Your musical gift has changed mine.

So glad I was able to be on stage that night. It was a pleasure to sing this beautiful composition. I will treasure that memory for ever.

😁👍(thanks for that... I should have read further!!)

Fue un ensayo.

Write to Dan Forrest. He will know.

There was a video that was given to us as performers, but unfortunately not for public consumption. It is a shame, it was a fantastic concert with 3 world premiere pieces.

It was a full house that night. I was lucky enough to be one of the singers on stage.

Hi Cory- Sorry for the delay in replying- I was out of town this weekend. If you want to use the audio of this in a commercially released video, you would just need to contact Hinshaw Music for a sync license. They're very reasonable and good to work with, on these things. www.hinshawmusic.com

Dan Forrest Thanks Dan for getting back to me as soon as possible. It's entirely non-profit, non-commercial. Simply a meditation to allow Archangel Michael to come through and reach people, through the music. Thank you again. :)

Hi Cory. Just wondering how you know about the connection of this hymn with Archangel Michael. Thanks.

Vincent Ardizzone I had an encounter with Archangel Michael one time in my life. I was on my way to Banff, Lake Louise Canada for a leisure stay. I heard there was terrible rain, miserable weather for the prior 30 days, and I was hoping to go canoeing on Lake Louise. I started saying a kind of prayer out loud, demanding that the weather be peaceful and nice. When I arrived a day later the weather was beautiful, and the guy renting the canoes said he couldn't believe it or understand it. Then when I was out canoeing I had an experience where I felt the Presence of Archangel Michael. In His Presence I could here this music playing. Some people in this comment thread for the video say it's almost too grand to them, not enough like a hymn, but I can tell you this music resonates with what I was hearing or whatever you call it... I do some research online and there's a whole bunch of information that this song is His Keynote, actually belongs to Him. So I want to do a video with it, using Him as the image, or artwork... I did another on Archangel Michael already, but this one is actually His song!

Very interesting story Cory. I enjoyed reading it. Fascinating too. I wonder if you are aware of the significance of Banff to Archangel Michael. By the way, I too learned long ago that the music of that hymn is his keynote. Let's keep communicating. Thank you.

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This arrangement was commissioned not the original hymn!

I think, perhaps, this arrangement was "commissioned" for this performance. Also, the United States Navy has been using this hymn since 1879; almost as long ago as it was written. At least fourteen additional verses have been written to honor various Navy personnel from Marines to astronauts. I very much love this hymn and have left instructions for it to be performed at my funeral. By the way, the best version on RU-vid is by the Ohio State Marching Band; believe it or not.

Thanks for this, Lord Daver. I hate it when people just type garbage out their butt.

lord daver This is a transcription..... not the original composition you silly man. Please get YOUR facts straight before your audacity embarrasses you further!

Lord Daver, who ever you are, you have misunderstood. The Navy Hymn, "Almighty Father" was played and sung at JFK's funeral in St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC. Mr. Dan Forrest's work is one which amplifies and greatly enlarges the scope of the hymn into a celestial anthem of glorious and uplifting praise.

Rocky Top? You have the audacity to compare the two? Really? REALLY????!

Rocky Top is secular. The voice of a lonely human. Almighty Father strong to save is a prayer. A hymn.

Rajiv Murkejee You are correct. Composed by William Whiting 1825-1875 an Englishman.

Many English-speaking countries love and perform this hymn. I read it has also been translated into French. Its origin was not military.

It was written by a Briton but it is for everyone. Especially those in peril on the sea and those who love them.

No...a prayer to the one and only God who created the sea.

That must be Allah

No...sorry...nice try...but no Quran for you. He's the one and only God of all creation.

Michael White I'm a non-believer, sorry to hear of your "delusion". I heard that meditation helps.

RRRRR! WRONG! The ONE and ONLY 'I AM'! Or, to the BETTER educated & raised, 'YAHWEH'! ! !

This was a rehearsal, not a performance!

The hall was full for the performance!