Jesus Stills the Sea

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When the storm was raging, Christ lay sleeping

Author: Charles W. Vaughan (1923)
Tune: [When the storm was raging, Christ lay sleeping]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Charles W. Vaughan

Charles Wesley Vaughan was born near Pulaski, Tennessee, and studied music with his older brother, James D. Vaughan, as well as E. T. Hilderbrand and B. C. Unseld. He married Bertha Cole in 1904. Charles W. Vaughan taught alongside his brother in the Vaughan School of Music for several years, managed the first Vaughan Quartet, and wrote a number of lyrics and musical settings. In addition to his music business, Vaughan was editor of the Lawrence News and the Vaughan Family Visitor. He was also mayor of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and served in the state legislature. --Mrs. J.R. Baxter & Videt Polk, Gospel Song Writers Biography (Dallas: Stamps-Baxter, 1971), pp. 293-294. Go to person page >

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First Line:	When the storm was raging, Christ lay sleeping
Title:	Jesus Stills the Sea
Author:	Charles W. Vaughan (1923)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Master, the tempest is raging and the billows are dashing high
Copyright:	Public Domain