Tabernacle Hymns ‎#339

339. Peace! Be Still!

1 Master, 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'ning
A grave in the angry deep?

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

2 Master, with anguish of spirit
I bow in my grief to-day;
The depths of my sad heart are troubled;
O waken and save, I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish
Sweep o’er my sinking soul!
And I perish! I perish, dear Master;
O hasten, and take control! [Chorus]

3 Master, 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. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Master, the tempest is raging!
• Title: Peace! Be Still!
• Author: Mary A. Baker
• Refrain First Line: The winds and the waves obey My will
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1960
• Topic: Choir

Tune Information

• Name: [Master, the tempest is raging]
• Composer: H. R. Palmer
• Arranger: Fred Jacky
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Arr. Copyright 1941, Hope Publishing Company, owner