So often when the call...
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So often when the call of God comes to us we are filled with fear.
John Wesley crossed the Atlantic Ocean as an Anglican missionary to work among the Indians in the colony of Georgia. At this time in his own journey he had not come to an assurance of personal Christian faith. Before the ship landed a terrible storm arose. Wesley feared for his own life as well as for the other passengers on board. In the midst of the panic he observed a group of German Moravian Christians singing the hymn "Give To The Wind Your Fears." He was so impressed with their calm demeanor and strong trust in God while everyone was in despair that when he arrived on shore he translated the hymn into English and later included it in his Georgia hymn book.
The hymn was written by a German Lutheran pastor by the name of Paul Gerhardt way back in 1656. He wrote it during a crisis of his own when the storm clouds gathered in Europe in what was to be called the Thirty Years War.
Gerhardt's words bring assurance still today to all who may be afraid to face the future:
"Give to the winds your fears
In hope be undismayed.
God hears your sins and counts your tears,
God shall lift up your head."
--Hasler
John Wesley crossed the Atlantic Ocean as an Anglican missionary to work among the Indians in the colony of Georgia. At this time in his own journey he had not come to an assurance of personal Christian faith. Before the ship landed a terrible storm arose. Wesley feared for his own life as well as for the other passengers on board. In the midst of the panic he observed a group of German Moravian Christians singing the hymn "Give To The Wind Your Fears." He was so impressed with their calm demeanor and strong trust in God while everyone was in despair that when he arrived on shore he translated the hymn into English and later included it in his Georgia hymn book.
The hymn was written by a German Lutheran pastor by the name of Paul Gerhardt way back in 1656. He wrote it during a crisis of his own when the storm clouds gathered in Europe in what was to be called the Thirty Years War.
Gerhardt's words bring assurance still today to all who may be afraid to face the future:
"Give to the winds your fears
In hope be undismayed.
God hears your sins and counts your tears,
God shall lift up your head."
--Hasler
