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Our Refuge

Do the waves of trouble rise overwhelming

Author: Flora Kirkland
Tune: [Do the waves of trouble rise overwhelming]
Published in 9 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Author: Flora Kirkland

Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911 Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Do the waves of trouble rise overwhelming
Title: Our Refuge
Author: Flora Kirkland
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The eternal God is thy Refuge
Publication Date: 1901
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 9 of 9)

Convention Hymns Selected from Sunday School Melodies #d15

Favorite Gospel Hymns #d6

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Harvest Hymns #115

Kingdom Songs No. 2 #d38

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Sermons in Song No. 3 #110

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Sunday School Melodies #59

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Tabernacle Hymns #170

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The Kingdom of Praise #31

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The Modern Hymnal #340

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