Lean on the Lord, when the storm is sweeping

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Lean on the Lord, when the storm is sweeping

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [Lean on the Lord, when the storm is sweeping]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Lean on the Lord, when the storm is sweeping,
Shelter and light Jesus will provide;
Safe you will be in His precious keeping,
For every need, strength will be supplied.

Refrain:
Lean on the Lord, let His grace uphold you,
Lean on the Lord, let His love enfold you;
Oft of His love He has sweetly told you;
Lean ever, lean on the Lord.

2 Lean on the Lord, when your courage fails you,
Then you will sing, tho’ the way be dim;
Trust in His strength when the foe assails you,
All the way home, truly lean on Him. [Refrain]

3 Lean on the Lord, love and trust Him ever,
For to the end Jesus will be true;
Oh, lean on Him, slighting, doubting never,
For, come what may, He will help you through. [Refrain]

Source: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #67

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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 >

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