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. The original hymn was penned in 1860 by William Whiting, an Anglican churchman from Winchester, United Kingdom. The Story Behind Eternal Father, Strong to Save
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