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[I cannot tell when the thunders peal]

[I cannot tell when the thunders peal]

Composer: Barney Elliott Warren
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: Barney Elliott Warren

Barney Elliott Warren was an American Christian hymnwriter and minister. See more in Wikipedia  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [I cannot tell when the thunders peal]
Composer: Barney Elliott Warren
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Incipit: 12321 22355 55222
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

His Voice I Hear

I cannot tell when the thunders peal,
How fiercely the storm may rage,
Nor how dense are the shades of the night that steal
O’er the path of my pilgrimage;
But I know, with my Savior always near,
As that night on the Galilee,
The tempest will cease when His voice I hear,
And the darkest shadows flee.

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