You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.
Isaiah 25:4
Words: Ada Powell, in The Pilot, by Alfred E. Helton et al. (Lenoir, North Carolina: Teachers’ Music Publishing, 1914), number 42.
Music: Minnis R. Hayes (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Powell or Hayes (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Tho’ the tempests of sorrow sweep over my way,
As the billows sweep over the sea;
Still the Savior can speak, and the winds will obey,
And I know that His love shelters me.
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Oh! I know that His dear loving care shelters me,
When the billows sweep over the sea;
In His love I’ll abide, ’neath His shadow I’ll hide,
For I know that His love shelters me.
Tho’ the surges of sin all around me may roll,
In the Savior a refuge I see;
And the calm of His voice bringeth peace to my soul,
For I know that His love shelters me.
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I am happy to know that a Savior is near,
And He’ll make my heart joyful and free;
Then behind me I’ll cast all my doubting and fear,
For I know that His love shelters me.
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Will you come to the Savior? He ever will guide,
And your refuge He gladly will be;
In His love as a harbor you safely may hide,
For I know that His love shelters me.
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