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What a Blessing Is His Love

When the storms of life are raging, And the winds and waves prevail

Author: James Rowe (1905)
Tune: [When the storms of life are raging] (Wilson)
Published in 9 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1. When the storms of life are rag­ing,
And the wind and waves pre­vail,
What a bless­ing is my Sav­ior’s love;
When my bur­dens seem too hea­vy,
And my strength and cour­age fail,
What a bless­ing is my Sav­ior’s love.

Refrain

What a bless­ing, what a bless­ing,
What a bless­ing is my Sav­ior’s love;
When the rag­ing wa­ters roll
O’er my faint­ing, tro­ubled soul,
What a bless­ing is my Sav­ior’s love.

2. When mis­for­tune ov­er­takes me,
And when health and strength de­part,
What a bless­ing is my Sav­ior’s love;
When the world with all its plea­sures
Brings no com­fort to my heart,
What a bless­ing is my Sav­ior’s love.

Refrain

3. When the tempt­er would al­lure me
From the straight and nar­row way,
What a bless­ing is my Sav­ior’s love;
When my worn and wea­ry spirit
Longs to see the light of day,
What a bless­ing is my Sav­ior’s love.

Refrain

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16997

Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When the storms of life are raging, And the winds and waves prevail
Title: What a Blessing Is His Love
Author: James Rowe (1905)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: What a blessing, what a blessing
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #16997
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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The Cyber Hymnal #16997

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