The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16406

16406. When The Overwhelming Waters

1 When the ov­er­whelm­ing wa­ters
Once a world of sin­ners drowned,
Eight of Ad­am’s sons and daugh­ters
In the Ark sal­va­tion found:
Gathered to the Church, may we
Thus from wrath and per­il flee.

2 When the fire from God des­cend­ed
On the ci­ties of the plain,
Three alone, by Heav’n be­friend­ed,
Refuge did in Zo­ar gain:
By our pa­stors led, may we
Thus es­cape to Cal­va­ry.

3 When the mid­night angel num­bered
Egypt’s first­born with the dead,
Israel’s tribes, un­smit­ten, slumbered,
Where the pas­chal lamb had bled:
By the blood of sprink­ling, we
Thus from ven­geance are made free.

4 When, while quick and dead as­sem­ble,
Flames this uni­verse de­stroy,
Though the wick­ed quake and trem­ble,
Saints shall lift their heads with joy:
Raised to life, like them, may we
With the Lord for ev­er be.

Text Information

• First Line: When the ov­er­whelm­ing wa­ters
• Title: When The Overwhelming Waters
• Author: James Montgomery
• Meter: 87.87,77
• Language: English
• Source: Sacred Poems and Hymns, (New York: D. Appleton, 1854)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: LAMBORNE by George C. Martin, REQUIEM by Wilhelm a. F. Schulthes, ST. JOSEPH by H. Heathcote Statham

Tune Information

• Name: KRUNG THEP
• Composer: George Frederick Root (1876)
• Meter: 87.87,77
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Public Domain