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[High as the mountain tho' the billows roll]

Appears in 16 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. S. Fearis Incipit: 33215 35666 22175 Used With Text: In the Cleft of the Rock

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 24 hymnals First Line: High as the mountain Though the billows roll Refrain First Line: Hide me, safely hide me Topics: Assurance; Choir Used With Tune: [High as the mountain Though the billows roll]

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In the cleft of the rock

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Songs for the King's Business #49 (1909) First Line: High as the mountain though the billows roll Refrain First Line: Hide me, safely hide me Topics: Christ Rock; Security Tune Title: [High as the mountain though the billows roll]

In the Cleft of the Rock

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Make His Praise Glorious #56 (1900) First Line: High as the mountain Though the billows roll Refrain First Line: Hide me, safely hide me Topics: Assurance; Choir Languages: English Tune Title: [High as the mountain Though the billows roll]

In the Cleft of the Rock

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #17 (1913) First Line: High as the mountain tho' the billows roll Refrain First Line: Hide me, safely hide me Lyrics: 1 High as the mountain tho' the billows roll, In Jesus' keeping I will trust my soul; He can the raging seas and wind control, In the cleft of the Rock He will hide me. Refrain: Hide me, safely hide me, Hide me, safely hide me, Hide me from all danger, In the Rock that was cleft for me. 2 O soul, be faithful; to the end endure, Trusting His promises forever suer; Kept in the fortress of His love secure, In the cleft of the Rock He will hide me. [Refrain] 3 When thro' the Jordan I must take my way, His staff will comfort me and be my stay; Over the river there is endless day, In the cleft of the Rock He will hide me. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [High as the mountain tho' the billows roll]

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "In the cleft of the rock" in Songs for the King's Business Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

J. S. Fearis

1867 - 1932 Composer of "[High as the mountain though the billows roll]" in Songs for the King's Business John Sylvester Fearis, 1867-1932 Born: February 5, 1867, Richland, Iowa. Died: September 2, 1932, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Fearis’ father was a successful singing school teacher, and a painter by trade. At a young age, John learned to read music in his father’s classes. He was passionately fond of music, and, taking lessons on the reed organ, he was soon able to play in Sunday school and church. Later he took charge of the church choir, and taught singing classes in nearby towns. He wrote his first hymn tune at age 16. He eventually joined the editorial staff of the Choir Leader, published by the Lorenz Publishing Company in Dayton, Ohio. Sources-- Choir Herald, December 1932, p. 219 Emurian, p. 17 Hall, pp. 393-4 Lyrics-- Brightly Beams Another Morning Children’s Day Show Me the Way, My Shepherd What Comfort to Our Hearts What Wonderful Love Is the Love Music-- Be Thou Exalted Beautiful Isle of Somewhere God May Call for You Little Raindrops Promise Made to Mother, The Songs in the Night Show Me the Way, My Shepherd There’s Light for a Step Wherever He Leads Me I’ll Go --hymntime.com/tch