I'll Stand by You
Fierce and wild the storm is raging
Fierce and wild the storm is ragingRound a helpless bark,On to doom 't is swiftly drivingO'er the waters dark!
Joy, O, joy, behold the Saviour;Joy, O, joy, the message hear;"I'll stand by until the morning;I've come to save you, do not fear;"Yes, I'll stand by until the morning;I've come to save you; do not fear, do not fear.
The soprano's line of the chorus, printed above the other (first chorus system only):Joy, . . . . . . behold the Saviour;Joy, . . . . . the message hear;
Weary, helpless, hopeless seamen,Fainting on the deck,With what joy they hail their Saviour,As he hails the wreck!
On a wild and stormy ocean,Sinking neath the wave,Souls that perish heed the message,—Christ has come to save!
Daring death thy soul to rescue,He in love has come;Leave the wreck, and in him trusting,Thou shalt reach thy home!