Master the Tempest is Raging!

Lyrics: Mary A. Baker (Alt. R.Mc.)
Music: Horatio R. Palmer



Master, the tempest is raging!
The wind and the waves rise high!
The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness,
For shelter or help we cry;
Do you not care that we’ll perish?
How can You lie asleep,
When each moment so madly is threatening
A grave in the angry deep?

Refrain:
The winds and the waves shall obey Your will,
Peace, be still!
Whether the wrath of the storm tossed sea,
Or demons or men, or whatever it be
No waters can swallow the ship where lies
The Master of ocean, and earth, and skies;
They all shall simply obey Your will,
Peace, be still! Peace, be still!
They all shall simply obey Your will,
Peace, peace, be still!

Master, with anguish of spirit
I bow in my grief today;
The depths of my sad heart are troubled
Oh, waken and save, I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish
Sweep o’er my sinking soul;
And I perish! I perish! dear Master
Oh, come quickly, take control.

Master, the terror is over,
The elements calmly rest;
Earth’s sun in the still lake is mirrored,
And I’m no longer distressed
Linger, O blessèd Redeemer!
Leave me alone no more;
And with joy I shall make the blest harbour,
And rest on the blissful shore.

Sheet music can be downloaded here.


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