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

594. 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 every day,
perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.

[Refrain:]
Stayed upon Jehovh, 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 Every joy or trial falleth from above,
traced upon the dial by the Sun of Love;
we may trust him fully all for us to do;
those 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: 1990
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Anxiety; God: Providence; Inner peace (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: WYE VALLEY
Composer: James Mountain (1876)
Meter: 6.5.6.5.D.Ref.
Key: F Major



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