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[Tho' mightiest billows should over me roll]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Walter G. Tyler Incipit: 55653 45666 55121 Used With Text: Jesus for Me!

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Tho' mightiest billows should over me roll Refrain First Line: Jesus for me Lyrics: 1 Tho’ mightiest billows should over me roll, While journeying over life’s sea, One song in all trial will comfort my soul: ‘Tis Jesus for me! Refrain: Jesus for me! Jesus for me! Living or dying, with Him I shall be; Wherever I dwell, His love I will tell— Jesus for me! 2 The Christ is my Harbor, my Refuge—my Tower; My Shield and my Buckler is He; There’s no one so precious in sorrow’s dark hour, As Jesus to me! [Refrain] 3 He helps in temptation—in bitter distress; To Him in all trouble I flee, Well knowing His pity—His great tenderness; Oh, Jesus for me! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Though mightiest billows should over me roll]

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Jesus for Me!

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Hymns of the Kingdom #26 (1905) First Line: Tho' mightiest billows should over me roll Refrain First Line: Jesus for me Lyrics: 1 Tho’ mightiest billows should over me roll, While journeying over life’s sea, One song in all trial will comfort my soul: ‘Tis Jesus for me! Refrain: Jesus for me! Jesus for me! Living or dying, with Him I shall be; Wherever I dwell, His love I will tell— Jesus for me! 2 The Christ is my Harbor, my Refuge—my Tower; My Shield and my Buckler is He; There’s no one so precious in sorrow’s dark hour, As Jesus to me! [Refrain] 3 He helps in temptation—in bitter distress; To Him in all trouble I flee, Well knowing His pity—His great tenderness; Oh, Jesus for me! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Though mightiest billows should over me roll]

Jesus for Me!

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: World-Wide Hosannas #35 (1904) First Line: Tho' mightiest billows should over me roll Refrain First Line: Jesus for me Topics: Assurance; Confession; Deliverance; Holiness; Jesus Christ Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' mightiest billows should over me roll]

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Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Author of "Jesus for Me!" in Hymns of the Kingdom Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersy, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.