Submitted Music (1980–Present), Jan 2018
Master, the Tempest Is Raging

1. Master, the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high! The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness. No shelter or help is nigh. Carest thou not that we perish? How long canst thou lie asleep when each moment so madly is threat’ning a grave in the angry deep?

The winds and the waves shall obey thy will: Peace, be still. Whether the wrath of the storm tossed sea or demons or men or whatever may be, No waters can swallow the ship where lies the Master of ocean and earth and sky. They all shall sweetly obey thy will: Peace, be still; peace, be still. They all shall sweetly obey thy will. Peace, be still.

2. Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today. The depths of my sad heart are troubled. Oh, waken and save, I pray! Torrents of sin and of anguish sweep over my sinking soul, and I perish! I perish! dear Master. Oh, hasten and take control!

The winds and the waves shall obey thy will: Peace, be still. Whether the wrath of the storm tossed sea or demons or men or whatever may be, No waters can swallow the ship where lies the Master of ocean and earth and sky. They all shall sweetly obey thy will: Peace, be still; peace, be still. They all shall sweetly obey thy will. Peace, be still.

3. Master, the terror is over. The elements sweetly rest. Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored, and heaven’s within my breast. Linger, O blessed Redeemer! Please leave me alone no more, and with joy I shall make the blest harbor and rest on the blissful shore.

The wind and the waves shall obey thy will: Peace, be still. Whether the wrath of the storm tossed sea or demons or man or whatever may be, No waters can swallow the ship where lies the Master of ocean and earth and sky. They all shall sweetly obey thy will: Peace, be still. Peace, be still. They all shall sweetly obey thy will: Peace, be still. Peace, be still.