Scripture Verse

Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? Mark 4:40

Introduction

Words: Ralph At­kin­son, 1908. Ap­peared in The Ideal Song and Hymn Book, ed­it­ed by Da­ni­el Town­er (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1909), num­ber 50.

Music: Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of At­kin­son (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Daniel Towner (1850–1919)

Lyrics

illustration
Christ in the Storm
on the Sea of Galilee
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)

The night is dark, the waves run high,
Nor moon or stars in yon­der sky;
What cheer ab­ove the stor­my swell?
The look­out’s an­swer, All is well.

Refrain

All is well! All is well!
What cheer to know that all is well!
All is well! All is well!
The look­out an­swers All is well!

I sleep up­on the bil­low’s crest,
Like John up­on the Mas­ter’s breast;
For He my ev­ery fear doth quell
With His good mes­sage, All is well.

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By grief and sin thy soul op­pressed,
And all around thee in un­rest,
How blest to hear the look­out’s bell,
And cheer our hearts with All is well.

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No sleep e’er dims our pi­lot’s eyes,
He’s e’er at­ten­tive to our cries;
He’ll save us from a sin­ner’s hell,
And cheer our hearts with All is well.

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Rest peace­ful­ly up­on the deep,
For Je­sus ev­er­more will keep;
The word pass on, to oth­ers tell,
The look­out’s an­swer, All is well.

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