The stranger by the sea

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The strangers to God his grace and his love

Author: C. Austin Miles
Tune: [The strangers to God]
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 The strangers to God,
His grace and His love,
Were gathered by blue Galilee.
To listen with joy
To words from the lips
Of the Stranger who sat by the sea.

Refrain:
They came and they were blest;
He gave the weary rest,
He made the blinded eyes to see;
He fed the hungry soul
And made the wounded whole,
By the waters of blue Galilee.

2 They sat at His feet
And looked in His face,
Content in His presence to be;
For no one before
Had cared for their souls,
Like the Stranger who sat by the sea. [Refrain]

3 Their souls were athirst;
They drank at the Fount
Of waters, life-giving and free;
Their strength was renewed,
Their hope was revived
By the Stranger who sat by the sea. [Refrain]

Source: Gospel Melodies and Evangelistic Hymns #54

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Author: C. Austin Miles

Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The strangers to God his grace and his love
Title:	The stranger by the sea
Author:	C. Austin Miles
Refrain First Line:	They came and they were blest
Copyright:	Public Domain