[When the storms of life are raging] (McGranahan)

[When the storms of life are raging] (McGranahan)

Composer: James McGranahan
Published in 42 hymnals


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Composer: James McGranahan

James McGranahan USA 1840-1907. Born at West Fallowfield, PA, uncle of Hugh McGranahan, and son of a farmer, he farmed during boyhood. Due to his love of music his father let him attend singing school, where he learned to play the bass viol. At age 19 he organized his first singing class and soon became a popular teacher in his area of the state. He became a noted musician and hymns composer. His father was reluctant to let him pursue this career, but he soon made enough money doing it that he was able to hire a replacement farmhand to help his father while he studied music. His father, a wise man, soon realized how his son was being used by God to win souls through his music. He entered the Normal Music School at Genesco, NY, under… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [When the storms of life are raging] (McGranahan)
Composer: James McGranahan
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.7
Incipit: 51233 43231 5
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

He Will Hide Me

When the storms of life are raging,
Tempests wild on sea and land,
I will seek a place of refuge
In the shadow of God’s hand.

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