Voices Together ‎#375

375. Joys are Flowing like a River

1 Joys are flowing like a river
since the Comforter has come,
who abides with us forever,
makes the trusting heart a home.

Refrain:
Blessed quietness, holy quietness
what assurance in my soul!
On the stormy sea speaking peace to me
how the billows cease to roll!

2 Like the rain that falls from heaven,
like the sunlight from the sky,
so the Holy Ghost is given,
coming on us from on high. [Refrain]

3 See, a fruitful field is growing,
blessed fruit of righteousness,
and the streams of life are flowing
in the lonely wilderness. [Refrain]

4 What a wonderful salvation,
where we always see God’s face!
What a perfect habitation,
what a quiet resting place! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Joys are flowing like a river
• Title: Joys are Flowing like a River
• Author: Manie P. Ferguson (ca. 1897, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Blessed quietness, holy quietness
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Psalm 89:8-9
  ;
  Psalm 107:23-30
  ;
  Matthew 8:23-27
  ;
  Mark 4:35-41
  ;
  Luke 8:22-25
  ;
  John 14:25-27
  ;
  John 20:19-23
  ;
  Acts 2:1-4
• Topic: Comfort; Joy; Peace: Inner; Pentecost

Tune Information

• Name: BLESSED QUIETNESS
• Composer: W. S. Marshall (ca. 1897)
• Adapter: James M. Kirk (1900)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain
• Key: A♭ Major