Tossed On The Wide, Tempestuous Sea

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Tossed on the wide tempestuous sea

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: ALLEYNE
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Tossed on the wide tempestuous sea,
With numerous wants oppressed,
How welcome must the harbor be,
Of safety and of rest!

2 Such is the world of bliss to those,
Who shall an entrance find;
There storms and tempests, fears and foes,
No more distress the mind.

3 There saints, nor sin nor sorrow know,
But taste unmingled love;
All that they wished or hoped below,
They now enjoy above.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16283

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Tossed on the wide tempestuous sea
Title:	Tossed On The Wide, Tempestuous Sea
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain