2 HYMNS WHOSE LYRICS
CAN BE READ AS PRAYERS
Be Still
My Soul
Author: Kathrina
von Schlegel (1700s), Translated from German by Jane
Borthwick (1854)
1 Be still, my
soul! for God is on your side;
bear patiently the cross of
grief or pain:
leave to your God to order and
provide,
who through all changes
faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul! your best,
your heav’nly Friend
through thorny ways leads to a
joyful end.
2 Be still, my soul! for God
will undertake
to guide the future surely as
the past.
Your hope, your confidence,
let nothing shake;
all now mysterious shall be
clear at last.
Be still, my soul! the waves
and winds still know
the voice that calmed their
fury long ago.
3 Be still, my soul! the hour
is hastening on
when we shall be forever in
God's peace;
when disappointment, grief,
and fear are gone,
love’s joys restored, our
strivings all shall cease.
Be still my soul! when change
and tears are past,
all safe and blessed we shall
meet at last.
It Is Well With My Soul
The
words to this hymn were written by Horatio
Spafford in 1873 following a series of business
setbacks, the death of his son in a fire, and the
drowning of his four young daughters in a maritime
accident during a transatlantic crossing. This hymn
attests to Spafford's faith in the face of horrible
"storms."
When peace like a
river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows
roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast
taught me to know
It is well, it is well, with my
soul.
Refrain
It is well, (it is well),
With my soul, (with my soul)
It is well, it is well, with my
soul.
Though Satan should buffet,
though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance
control,
That Christ has regarded my
helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for
my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this
glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the
whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I
bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the
Lord, O my soul!
For me, be it Christ, be it
Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in
death as in life,
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to
my soul.
But Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy
coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our
goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh,
voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my
soul.
And Lord, haste the day when the
faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a
scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the
Lord shall descend,
A song in the night, oh my soul!
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ADDITIONAL
INTERESTING ARTWORK
These
works portray compelling messages
beyond being mere illustrations.
Storm on the
Sea of Galilee
by Rembrandt
(1606 - 1669)
Jesus
Sleeping During the Tempest
and Jesus
Stilling the Tempest
by James Tissot (1836-1902)
NOTE:
Images and links are not provided
here because of copyright
restrictions and because links
often become outdated. However,
reproductions of these works are
easy to find on the Internet.
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