The Winds and Billows Loudly Roar
Words and music by Christopher Wordsworth · tr. %%postscript /st { moveto -8 0 rmoveto 0 8 rlineto 4 0 rlineto stroke } def · 1865
Key of Ab · 100 BPM · 4/4 · Calmness,Christian Life,Church on Earth · Mt 8:23-27
Verse 1
The winds and billows loudly roar We flounder in the deep
Our bark is frail, far off the shore, And Jesus is asleep.
Verse 2
"Save us, we perish, Lord," they cry; To Thee we fly for aid;
"Awake! awake!" they say; but why So faithless and afraid?
Verse 3
His head is pillow'd on the stern, As Man He is asleep;
As God He all things does discern, And endless vigils keep.
Verse 4
He does the elements control; By His Almighty Will.
The angry waves their surges roll; And at His Word are still.
Verse 5
O ye, who in the Church's Bark O'er life's rough ocean sail,
When all around is drear and dark, and human efforts fail,
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