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The Rock That Is Higher Than I
Author: Erastus Johnson Appears in 276 hymnals First Line: O sometimes the shadows are deep Refrain First Line: O then to the Rock let me fly Topics: Christ Refuge
The Rock That Is Higher Than I
[O sometimes the shadows are deep]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. Howard Entwisle Used With Text: The Rock that Is Higher than I
[O sometimes the shadows are deep]
[Oh! sometimes the shadows are deep]
Appears in 143 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. G. Fischer Incipit: 51315 61655 5123 Used With Text: The Rock That Is Higher Than I
[Oh! sometimes the shadows are deep]
O Sometimes the Shadows Are Deep
Author: E Johnson Hymnal: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #296 (1999) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Refrain First Line: O then to the Rock let me fly Lyrics: 1 O sometimes the shadows are deep,
And rough seems the path to the goal,
And sorrows, sometimes how they sweep
Like tempests down over the soul!
Refrain:
O then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that is higher than I;
O then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that is higher than I!
2 O sometimes how long seems the day,
And sometimes how weary my feet;
But toiling in life's dusty way,
The Rock's blessed shadow, how sweet! [Refrain]
3 O near to the Rock let me keep
If blessings or sorrow prevail;
Or climbing the mountain way steep,
Or walking the shadowy vale. [Refrain] Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Languages: English Tune Title: THE ROCK OF REFUGE
O Sometimes the Shadows Are Deep
O Sometime the Shadows are Deep
Author: E. Johnson Hymnal: Songs Of The Church #401 (1977) First Line: O sometimes the shadows are deep Tune Title: [O sometimes the shadows are deep]
O Sometime the Shadows are Deep
O Sometimes the Shadows Are Deep
Author: Erastus Johnson, 1826-1909 Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #431 (2011) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Refrain First Line: O then to the Rock let me fly Lyrics: 1 O sometimes the shadows are deep,
And rough seems the path to the goal,
And sorrows, sometimes how they sweep
Like tempests down over the soul!
Refrain:
O then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that is higher than I;
O then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that is higher than I!
2 O sometimes how long seems the day,
And sometimes how weary my feet;
But toiling in life's dusty way,
The Rock's blessed shadow, how sweet! [Refrain]
3 O near to the Rock let me keep
If blessings or sorrow prevail,
Or climbing the mountain way steep,
Or walking the shadowy vale. [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Life Faith and Assurance; God Refuge Scripture: Psalm 61:2 Languages: English Tune Title: THE ROCK OF REFUGE
O Sometimes the Shadows Are Deep
W. G. Fischer
1835 - 1912 Person Name: William G. Fischer Author of "The Rock That Is Higher Than I" in Redeeming Love William Gustavus Fischer In his youth, William G. Fischer (b. Baltimore, MD, 1835; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1912) developed an interest in music while attending singing schools. His career included working in the book bindery of J. B. Lippencott Publishing Company, teaching music at Girard College, and co-owning a piano business and music store–all in Philadelphia. Fischer eventually became a popular director of music at revival meetings and choral festivals. In 1876 he conducted a thousand-voice choir at the Dwight L. Moody/Ira D. Sankey revival meeting in Philadelphia. Fischer composed some two hundred tunes for Sunday school hymns and gospel songs.
Bert Polman
W. G. Fischer
Erastus Johnson
1826 - 1909 Person Name: E. Johnson Author of "The Rock that is Higher" in Calvary Songs Johnson, Erastus. (April 20, 1826--June 16, 1909, Waltham, Massachusetts). This man whose life was singularly active and varied was born in a logging camp at Lincoln, Maine. He was buried in Jackson, Maine. He entered the Academy at Calais, Maine, at the age of fifteen, spent two years there, taught school for the next six, and then entered Bangor Theological Seminary. His health failed, and, threatened with the loss of his sight, was compelled to give up preparation for the ministry. On the advice of his physician he took a sea voyage, embarging on the ship Gold Hunter en route from New York to California. The crew of the ship mutinied just before rounding Cape Horn and as Johnson was the only person on board who knew anything about navigation, other than the captive officers, he was pressed into service to take the ship on to its destination, San Francisco. This he was able to do successfully. Not a seeker after California's newfound gold, he was, variously, a rancher in California, a farmer in Washington state, in the oil business in Pennsylvania for some twenty years, and again a farmer in Maine until his retirement in Waltham, Mass. As ardent Methodist, always interested in religious work, especially in the Y.M.C.A., he was a lifelong student of the Bible, a fluent speaker, and a musician of moderate attainment. He published one book of poems, most of which were of interest only to members of his immediate family.
Sources: Correspondence with Mrs. Julia Johnson Howe, daughter of the subject of this sketch; Our Hymnody, Robert G. McCutchan; Hymns of Our Faith, Reynolds.
--Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives
Erastus Johnson
E. H. Johnson
1841 - 1906 Person Name: Elias H. Johnson Author of "O then to the Rock let me fly" in Hymni Ecclesiae Johnson, Elias Henry, D.D., has been since 1882 Professor of Systematic Theology in Croser Baptist Theo. Seminary, Chester, Pa. He was born at Troy, N.Y., Oct. 15, 1841, and graduated at Rochester. After acting for two years as assistant paymaster in the U.S. Navy he was ordained to the Baptist Ministry, and served in several pastorates. He edited Songs of Praise for Sunday Schools, 1882; was assistant editor of the Baptist Hymnal, 1883; and also editor of Our Sunday School Songs, 1885, and Sursum Corda, 1898. He is also the author of several prose works. His hymn, "Father almighty, trembling I bow to Thee" (Holy Trinity), in Sursum Corda, 1898, No. 314, is dated 1867. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
E. H. Johnson
