Born In Astley, Worcestershire (UK), Miss Havergal, was the youngest daughter of the hymn writer, Rev. William Henry Havergal. Continuously encouraged in hymn writing by her father, she went to Dusseldorf, Germany, at the tender age of 16, to study and stayed for two years. Upon returning she was baptized by John Cawood, a noted hymnist of the time, in Worcester Cathedral. Miss. Havergal proclaimed: “I committed my soul to the Saviour, and earth and heaven seemed brighter from that moment.”
1.
Like a river glorious,
Is God’s perfect peace,
Over all victorious,
In its bright increase;
Perfect,-yet it floweth,
Fuller every day,
Perfect- yet it groweth,
Deeper all the way.
Refrain
Stayed upon Jehovah,
Hearts are fully blest
Finding, as He promised,
Perfect peace and rest.
2.
Hidden in the hollow
Of His blessed hand,
Never foe can follow,
Never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry,
Not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry
Touch the spirit there.
Refrain
Stayed upon Jehovah,
Hearts are fully blest
Finding, as He promised,
Perfect peace and rest.
3.
Every joy or trial
Falleth from above,
Traced upon our dial
By the Sun of Love;
We may trust Him solely
All for us to do.
They who trust Him wholly
Find Him wholly true.
Refrain
Stayed upon Jehovah,
Hearts are fully blest
Finding, as He promised,
Perfect peace and rest.
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