The Whispers of Jesus

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When the storm is raging and the heart is sad

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [When the storm is raging and the heart is sad]
Published in 10 hymnals

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1 When the storm is raging and the heart is sad,
Listen for the whispers of Jesus;
Surely you will hear them and they’ll make you glad,
Listen for the whispers of Jesus.

Refrain:
Listen! Listen!
Listen for the whispers of Jesus!
Surely you will hear them and they’ll make you glad.
Listen for the whispers of Jesus!

2 When beneath a burden you are bending low,
Listen for the whispers of Jesus;
When your friends forsake you and the sad tears flow,
Listen for the whispers of Jesus. [Refrain]

3 When the night seems endless, when for courage pressed,
Listen for the whispers of Jesus;
When the soul is weary and you sigh for rest,
Listen for the whispers of Jesus. [Refrain]

Source: United Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and other Church Services #85

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	When the storm is raging and the heart is sad
Title:	The Whispers of Jesus
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Listen for the whispers of Jesus
Publication Date:	1908
Copyright:	Public Domain