The Sacred Stream

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There is a stream whose gentle flow

Author: Isaac Watts
Published in 106 hymnals

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1 There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God;
Life, love, and joy, still gliding through,
And wat’ring our divine abode.

Refrain:
Flow on silent river, flow on, flow forever!
Thy waters shall fail us never,
Flow, flow, flow!

2 That sacred stream, Thy holy Word,
Supports our faith, our fears controls;
Sweet peace Thy promises afford,
And give new strength to fainting souls. [Refrain]

3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar:
In sacred peace our souls abide;
While ev’ry nation, ev’ry shore
Trembles and dreads the swelling tide. [Refrain]

Source: Progressive Sunday School Songs #114

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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