1 As a golden sun that’s setting
In the crimson flooded west,
As the quiet calm of evening sets a weary world at rest,
So the love of God has flooded my heart with a tranquil calm,
And my soul is filled with music
Like the strains of an evening psalm.
Chorus:
My peace is like a river
With a current deep and strong
That rolls along forever
The hills and plains among.
My peace is like a river
That deepens toward the sea
And rolls along forevermore
Like God’s eternity!
It rolls along forevermore
Like God’s eternity.
2 As the calm and placid waters
Of a river deep and wide,
Ever run their course until at last they reach the ocean’s tide,
So the peace of God is flowing from His throne into my soul;
And, tho’ storms may beat around me,
I am sheltered in His control. [Chorus]
Source: Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 2 #105
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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