1 I am singing and rejoicing ev’ry passing day,
For I have a consolation strong and sure;
Tho’ the fleeting things of time must quickly pass away,
All the promises of God remain secure.
Refrain:
He has called me by my name and I am His,
What a consolation to my heart is this!
And the floods shall not o’erflow,
Thor’ the fire with me He’ll go,
For He has called me by my name and I am His.
2 I belong to one whose might can never measured be,
He is able to deliver from all harm;
I’m an heir to life eternal for eternity,
I am leaning on the everlasting arm. [Refrain]
3 When I’m passing thro’ the waters He will be my guide,
And the rivers shall not overflow my soul;
In the burning fiery furnace He is by my side,
He will bring me out triumphant to my goal. [Refrain]
Source: Full Gospel Songs #65
Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >
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