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Author: C. W. R. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Adrift on life's tempestuous sea Refrain First Line: O, give Him the helm Scripture: Mark 4:41 Used With Tune: [Adrift on life's tempestuous sea]

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[Adrift on life's tempestuous sea]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: C. W. Ray Incipit: 34556 53515 64615 Used With Text: Give Christ the Helm

[Adrift on life's tempestuous sea]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Prior Incipit: 53554 64512 71354 Used With Text: Give Christ the Helm

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Give Christ the Helm

Author: C. W. Ray Hymnal: Spicy Breezes #114 (1883) First Line: Adrift on life's tempestuous sea Refrain First Line: Give Christ the helm, give Christ the helm Languages: English Tune Title: [Adrift on life's tempestuous sea]

Give Christ the Helm

Author: C. W. R. Hymnal: Zion's Delight #140 (1902) First Line: Adrift on life's tempestuous sea Refrain First Line: O, give Him the helm Scripture: Mark 4:41 Languages: English Tune Title: [Adrift on life's tempestuous sea]

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Charles Walker Ray

1832 - 1917 Person Name: C. W. R. Author of "Give Christ the Helm" in Zion's Delight Rv Charles Walker Ray DD USA 1832-1917. Born at Otselic, NY, he became a Baptist minister. He was educated at Hamlton College, Clinton, NY. He earned his doctorate from Monongahela College, Jefferson, PA. That school closed in 1894. He pastored at North Stonington, CT, for a number of years. He also served at Plymouth, NY. He married Julia Tracy Sheffield, and they had a son, Arthur. He wrote a number of books and song books: “Grace Vernon Bussell, the heroine of western Australia” (1878); “Spicy breezes” (1883); “The day school crown” (1892); “The revival helper: a collection of songs for Christian work and worship” (1893); “Bright blossoms of song” (1895); “Zion’s delight” (1901); “The song of songs of the King and his bride-an interpretation” (1913); “The fallacies and vagaries of misinterpretation” (1914). He died at Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Charles Edward Prior

1856 - 1927 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Prior Composer of "[Adrift on life's tempestuous sea]" in Spicy Breezes Charles Edward Prior, 1856-1927 Prior played the piano at the Italian Baptist Mission in Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 19th Century. Music-- Go Stand and Speak Work for Us All --hymntime.com/tch