Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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

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),

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Daniel B. Towner (1850–1919)

Lyrics

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.

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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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