Voices United ‎#625

625. I Feel the Winds of God

1 I feel the winds of God today;
today my sail I lift,
though heavy oft with drenching spray
and torn with many a rift;
if hope but light the water’s crest,
and Christ my bark will use,
I’ll seek the seas at his behest,
and brave another cruise.

2 It is the wind of God that dries
my vain regretful tears,
until with braver thoughts shall rise
the purer, brighter years;
if cast on shores of selfish ease
or pleasure I should be,
O let me feel your freshening breeze,
and I’ll put back to sea.

3 If ever I forget your love
and how that love was shown,
lift high the blood-red flag above;
it bears your name alone.
Great pilot of my onward way,
you will not let me drift;
I feel the winds of God today,
today my sail I lift.

Text Information

• First Line: I feel the winds of God today
• Title: I Feel the Winds of God
• Author: Jessie Adams (1907, alt.)
• Meter: 8 6 8 6 D
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Church in the World: Renewal: Transformation; Challenge; Courage; Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit: Images; Holy Spirit: Movement; Holy Spirit: Power; Jesus Christ: Blood; Jesus Christ: Images of; Renewal; Risk; Transformation; Water; Pentecost: Year A; Proper 22: Year A; Proper 8: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: KINGSFOLD
• Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 8 6 8 6 D
• Key: e minor
• Source: English and Irish traditional melody
• Copyright: Arrangement by permission of Oxford University Press.