The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

When power divine, in mortal form

No. 694
Metre L. M.
Tune MELITA.
Words Sir J. E. Smith.
Music Isaac B. Woodbury.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 3/2
3 stanzas

Words

When power divine, in mortal form,Hushed with a word the raging storm,In soothing accents Jesus said,"Lo, it is I; be not afraid."

So when in silence nature sleeps,And lonely watch the mourner keeps,One thought shall every pang remove,Trust, feeble man, thy Maker's love.

And when the last, dread hour shall come,While trembling nature waits her doom,This voice shall wake the righteous dead—"Lo, it is I, be not afraid."

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.»; hymn number «694» (large), tune name «MELITA. L. M.» centred over the music, «Isaac B. Woodbury.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system (two verse lines each), with «1.» before «When»; «di - vine», «mor - tal», «rag - ing», «sooth - ing», «ac - cents», «Je - sus», «a - fraid» are printed in syllables and joined here. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the italic reference line «347, 932, 104.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 347, 932 or 104); «Sir J. E. Smith.» in italics after stanza 3. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 So»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. The lines are set flush. Stanza 1 has «I;» (semicolon) under the music, stanza 3 «I,» (comma) in the text — both as printed. A hand-drawn wavy line under «rag-ing storm,» in this exemplar is not part of the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.