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[When the tempest high is raging]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. I. Baltzell Incipit: 55345 65131 22771 Used With Text: Clinging to the Rock

Clinging to the Rock

Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: When the tempest high is raging Used With Tune: [When the tempest high is raging]

Mein Fels

Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Wenn der Sturm des Lebens brauset Refrain First Line: Ich halt' mich am Fels Used With Tune: [Wenn der Sturm des Lebens brauset]

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Clinging to the Rock

Hymnal: Fount of Blessing #65 (1880) First Line: When the tempest high is raging Languages: English Tune Title: [When the tempest high is raging]

Clinging to the Rock

Hymnal: Heavenly Carols #93 (1878) First Line: When the tempest high is raging Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:4 Languages: English Tune Title: [When the tempest high is raging]

Clinging to the Rock

Hymnal: Songs of the Kingdom #93 (1882) First Line: When the tempest high is raging Languages: English Tune Title: [When the tempest high is raging]

1832 - 1893 Person Name: Rev. I. Baltzell Composer of "[When the tempest high is raging]" in Heavenly Carols Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise. See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244. Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus. --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives