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Master The Tempest Is Raging

Words:
Mary Ann Baker; apr. 1874
Music:
H. R. Palmer, 1834–1907

Sheet music

  1. 1Master, the tempest is raging!The billows are tossing high!The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness,No shelter or help is nigh;Carest Thou not that we perish?How canst Thou lie asleep,When each moment so madly is threat’ningA grave in the angry deep?The winds and the waves shall obey Thy will,Peace, be still!(Peace, be still! peace, be still!)Whether the wrath of the stormtossed sea,Or demons, or men, or whatever it be,No water can swallow the ship where liesThe Master of ocean and earth, and skies;They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,Peace, be still! Peace, be still!They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,Peace, peace, be still!
  2. 2Master, with anguish of spiritI bow in my grief today;The depths of my sad heart are troubled;O waken and save, I pray!Torrents of sin and of anguishSweep o’er my sinking soul!And I perish! I perish, dear Master;O hasten, and take control!The winds and the waves shall obey Thy will,Peace, be still!(Peace, be still! peace, be still!)Whether the wrath of the stormtossed sea,Or demons, or men, or whatever it be,No water can swallow the ship where liesThe Master of ocean and earth, and skies;They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,Peace, be still! Peace, be still!They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,Peace, peace, be still!
  3. 3Master, the terror is over,The elements sweetly rest;Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored,And heaven’s within my breast.Linger, O blessed Redeemer,Leave me alone no more;And with joy I shall make the blest harbor,And rest on the blissful shore.The winds and the waves shall obey Thy will,Peace, be still!(Peace, be still! peace, be still!)Whether the wrath of the stormtossed sea,Or demons, or men, or whatever it be,No water can swallow the ship where liesThe Master of ocean and earth, and skies;They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,Peace, be still! Peace, be still!They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,Peace, peace, be still!

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1874, the words are in 341 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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