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Text:Like a River Glorious
Author:Frances R. Havergal
Tune:WYE VALLEY
Composer:James Mountain

315. Like a River Glorious

1 Like a river glorious
is God’s perfect peace,
over all victorious
in its bright increase;
perfect, yet it floweth
fuller ev'ry day;
perfect, yet it groweth
deeper all the way.

Refrain:
Stayed upon Jehovah,
hearts are fully blest;
finding, as He promised,
perfect peace and rest.

2 Hidden in the hollow
of His blessed hand,
never foe can follow,
never traitor stand;
not a surge of worry,
not a shade of care,
not a blast of hurry
touch the spirit there. [Refrain]

3 Ev'ry joy or trial
falleth from above,
traced upon our dial
by the Sun of Love;
we may trust Him fully
all for us to do;
they who trust Him wholly
find Him wholly true. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Like a river glorious
Title: Like a River Glorious
Author: Frances R. Havergal (1874)
Refrain First Line: Stayed upon Jehovah
Meter: 6.5.6.5.D.Ref
Language: English
Publication Date: 2017
Topic: Comfort, Death, and Glory
Tune Information
Name: WYE VALLEY
Composer: James Mountain (1876)
Meter: 6.5.6.5.D.Ref
Key: F Major



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