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Thread #93597   Message #1812190
Posted By: Haruo
17-Aug-06 - 08:43 AM
Thread Name: What makes a good hymn?
Subject: Lyr Add: The Fury of the Wind, the Raging o t Sea
Here's a relatively recent hymn text, written by Eric Schumacher in Biloxi, Mississippi, during the "calm" between Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The suggested tune is Leominster. I think it is a strong recasting of a Christian reading of a famous passage in Job. I like it, but doubt I'll ever hear or sing it in church.

The Fury of the Wind, The Raging of the Sea
Eric Schumacher, 2005

The fury of the wind,
The raging of the sea,
How small a whisper do we hear
Of our God's majesty!
The thunder of His pow'r,
O, who can understand?
Before the fullness of His wrath
O, who of us could stand?

"Shall man find fault with God?"
He asks of man below.
"Now, gird yourself to answer Me.
And tell Me, if you know:
Who made the earth and sea?
Who speaks and stars obey?
Who plays with creatures of the deep?
Who gives the beast its prey?"

You, Lord, can do all things,
And none can stay Your hand.
I uttered what I did not know
And could not understand.
Before Your greatness, Lord,
I fall upon my face.
And, by such glory stripped of pride,
I cast myself on grace.

The raging wind and sea
Cause me to flee to Christ,
Who bore the tempest of God's wrath
To be my sacrifice.
Though in the storm I'm blind,
I trust my Sovereign's plan.
I know that my Redeemer lives
And with Him I shall stand.