Safe Ashore!

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My soul was tossed by angry waves

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [My soul was tossed by angry waves]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 My soul was tossed by angry waves,
And hope was almost o’er,
But some one whispered, “Jesus saves,”
And now I’m safe ashore!

Refrain:
Safe, safe ashore!
Dreading the storm no more,
Ev’ry danger past, with my Lord at last,
Safe, safe ashore!

2 For endless woe my soul was bound,
But Jesus aw my plight,
And now I stand on solid ground,
And life is glad and bright. [Refrain]

3 In fear I neared the rocks of doom,
And watched the breakers roll,
But now I stand where flowers bloom,
With sunshine in my soul. [Refrain]

4 To Him who saved by love and grace,
And made me glad and free,
My happy soul shall offer praise
Throughout eternity! [Refrain]

Source: The Gospel Message Choir #41

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	My soul was tossed by angry waves
Title:	Safe Ashore!
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Safe, safe ashore
Publication Date:	1929
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1929.