Browsing Archive: April, 2013

From every Stormy Wind by Hugh Stowell

Posted by N L on Saturday, April 27, 2013,

From every stormy wind that blows,
From every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat:
’Tis found beneath the mercy seat.
There is a place where Jesus sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads;
A place than all besides more sweet:
It is the blood-bought mercy seat.
There is a scene where spirits blend,
Where friend holds fellowship with friend;
Though sundered far, by faith they meet
Around one common mercy seat.
There, there, on eagles’ wings we soar,
And time and sense seem all no more;
A...

Posted by N L on Saturday, April 13, 2013,

Though life’s changing values may vanish away,
And things that were real become dreams;
How blessed to walk with the Lord day by day,
And know He is real as He seems.
- Refrain:
  Jesus is real to me,
  Yes, Jesus is real to me;
  I never will doubt Him,
  Nor journey without Him,
  For He is so real to me.
I never have seen Him with these eyes of mine,
But though He be hid from my sight,
I know He is with me in Spirit divine—
I live in the strength of His might.
My Savior and Leader each moment is He,
My helper in...