The phrase "swelling tide" resonates through 15 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
swelling tide
...Rose like the swelling of the tide.
The swelling tide had stopped our breath,
So fiercely did the waters roll,...
Rose like the swelling of the tide.
The swelling tide had stopped our breath,
So fiercely did the waters roll,
...Yea, when their wrath against us fiercely rose,
The swelling tide had o’er us spread its wave,
The raging stream had then become our grave,...
Yea, when their wrath against us fiercely rose,
The swelling tide had o’er us spread its wave,
The raging stream had then become our grave,
...I soon shall land on the other shore,
Beyond the swelling tide.
Sail on, sail on,...
I soon shall land on the other shore,
Beyond the swelling tide.
Sail on, sail on,
...And our spirits shall be wafted
Safe across the swelling tide
To the golden strand of Heaven’s sunlit shore....
And our spirits shall be wafted
Safe across the swelling tide
To the golden strand of Heaven’s sunlit shore.
...I know ’twill bear me safely,
Beyond the swelling tide.
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I know ’twill bear me safely,
Beyond the swelling tide.
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...I need just such a friend as Jesus
When crossing Jordan’s swelling tide;
Tho’ seraph angels wait,...
I need just such a friend as Jesus
When crossing Jordan’s swelling tide;
Tho’ seraph angels wait,
...He alone our souls can guide
Over death’s dark, swelling tide,
Home at last, and by His side—...
He alone our souls can guide
Over death’s dark, swelling tide,
Home at last, and by His side—
...Life in Thy life I share, Jesus, my Lord.
Soon o’er the swelling tide, Jesus, my Lord,
Home on the other side, Jesus, my Lord,...
Life in Thy life I share, Jesus, my Lord.
Soon o’er the swelling tide, Jesus, my Lord,
Home on the other side, Jesus, my Lord,
...Canaan, Canaan lies before me,
Rise and cross the swelling tide.
Smiling angels now surround me,...
Canaan, Canaan lies before me,
Rise and cross the swelling tide.
Smiling angels now surround me,
...From every stormy wind that blows,
From every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat;...
From every stormy wind that blows,
From every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat;
...While every nation, every shore,
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.
There is a stream, whose gentle flow...
While every nation, every shore,
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.
There is a stream, whose gentle flow
...And all their powers engage,
Let swelling tides assault the sky,
The terrors of Thy frown...
And all their powers engage,
Let swelling tides assault the sky,
The terrors of Thy frown
...Will grasp my hand with fervor,
Just o’er the swelling tide.
The curly headed brother...
Will grasp my hand with fervor,
Just o’er the swelling tide.
The curly headed brother
...There my loved ones are awaiting
Till I cross the swelling tide,
And with them I share the beauty...
There my loved ones are awaiting
Till I cross the swelling tide,
And with them I share the beauty
...Bright and fair;
Where, beyond the swelling tide,
We shall anchor at His side,...
Bright and fair;
Where, beyond the swelling tide,
We shall anchor at His side,
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