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When the storms of life are raging, stand by me. When the storms of life are raging, stand by me. When the world is tossing me, like a ship upon the sea, thou who rulest wind and water, stand by me. In the midst of tribulation, stand by me. In the midst of tribulation, stand by me. When the hosts of hell assail, and my strength begins to fail,
Threads of Life was the first, and only, Shadows Fall album to be produced by Nick Raskulinecz, known for working with Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver. Raskulinecz grew up listening to thrash metal, according to Fair, and thus fit well with the sound the band was looking to create. [ 18 ]
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The metaphor of silver threads was used in an Italian song of the time, “Threads of Silver,” but the theme of that song is quite different from the theme of “Silver Threads Among the Gold.” In the Italian song, “Each thread of silver is a love once vainly plighted, . . . Each an illusion blighted, . . . Fated dreams undone.” [10]
The song may be an allusion to both the apple tree in Song of Solomon 2:3 which has been interpreted as a metaphor representing Jesus, and to his description of his life as a tree of life in Luke 13:18–19 and elsewhere in the New Testament including Revelation 22:1–2 and within the Old Testament in Genesis.
The story behind the hymn is as amazing as the hymn itself. Newton was a sailor, but his “character issues” got him transferred to a slave ship, where he became a ruthless slave trader.
Annie Hawks (May 28, 1836 - January 3, 1918) was an American poet and gospel hymnist whose compositions number over 400. [1] She contributed to several popular Sunday school hymnbooks, with her best-known song being "I Need Thee Every Hour".
Rowe's lyrics use the former as a metaphor for a narrator who is "sinking deep in sin" before being redeemed. [1] Little is known about composer Howard E. Smith. He was a church organist from Connecticut. [2] Although he suffered from arthritis at the time of the composition, he was able to compose the hymn's melody while sitting at a piano ...