Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The winds were howling o'er the deep
Topic: Christ/Life and Ministry
Writer: <no first name given> Heber
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 151
Page Number: 094, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe winds were howling o'er the deep;
Each wave a watery hill;
The Saviour wakened from his sleep;
He spake, and all was still.
The madman in a tomb had made
His mansion of despair;
Wo to the traveler who strayed,
With heedless footsteps, there.
He met that glance so thrilling sweet,
He heard those accents mild;
And melting at Messiah's feet,
Wept like a weaned child.
O, madder than the raving man!
O, deafer than the sea!
How long the time since Christ began
To call in vain to me!
Yet could I hear him once again,
As I have heard of old,
Methinks he should not call in vain
His wanderer to the fold.