I planned to post the words to a song. But first I want to share this
rememberance:

Many years ago, two sisters lived near me who were members of a COGIC {Church of God In Christ} congregation. The sisters had daughters who were the same age as my daughter, and they became good friends. Often these sisters, Karen & Shirley would teach their daughters & mine church songs. My daughter and her friends would sing those songs to me. One of the songs was "The Storm Is Passing Over".

I've never heard a choir sing this song. Nor have I heard a recording of this song. But years later, reading the Internet, I happened upon a mention of that song in this article:
Choir reaches out to victims of Katrina; The Seattle Times, 8/09/06 By Nicole Brodeur

"...Pastor Patrinell Wright was the last member of the Total Experience Gospel Choir at Birdie's Food and Fuel when she decided the folks behind the counter deserved a little something.

"Go get the core members," she told me. Back came a dozen members, who gathered amid the beer cases, candy racks and fried takeout.

"Encourage my soul and let us journey on, for the night is dark and we are far from home," the choir sang from "The Storm is Passing Over."

The buzz inside the minimart stopped. One of the women behind the counter wiped away tears. Another clasped her hands as if in prayer. It was just what they needed.

"That was real good, that was real nice," said owner Mike Nabut as the choir filed out Tuesday evening.

It was a fitting song for this leg of the choir's journey through some of the South's hardest-hit Gulf communities — battered just a year ago by Hurricane Katrina.

Pastor Patrinell Wright was the last member of the Total Experience Gospel Choir at Birdie's Food and Fuel when she decided the folks behind the counter deserved a little something.

"Go get the core members," she told me. Back came a dozen members, who gathered amid the beer cases, candy racks and fried takeout.

"Encourage my soul and let us journey on, for the night is dark and we are far from home," the choir sang from "The Storm is Passing Over."

The buzz inside the minimart stopped. One of the women behind the counter wiped away tears. Another clasped her hands as if in prayer. It was just what they needed."