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[As far above the howling storm]

[As far above the howling storm]

Composer: Clarence E. Hunter
Published in 4 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Clarence E. Hunter

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Tune Information

Title: [As far above the howling storm]
Composer: Clarence E. Hunter
Meter: 8.8.8.8 D
Incipit: 33333 33542 11111
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

The Virtue of Faith

As far above the howling storm,
Secure from danger’s reach and harm,
Triumphantly the eagle flies—
My soul on wings of faith would rise;
When raging is the tempest’s blast,
Ere yet its wrath is overpast—
My soul would rise from earthly woe,
To leave the stormy winds below.

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