There Shall Be Showers of Blessing. Hymn.

Author: Whittle, D. W. (Daniel Webster) (1840-1901)

Year of publication: (1883)

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain

1.

There shall be showers of blessing:

This is the promise of love;

There shall be seasons refreshing,

Sent from the Saviour above.

Chorus:

Showers of blessing,

Showers of blessing we need:

Mercy drops ’round us are falling,

But for the showers we plead.

2.

There shall be showers of blessing–

Precious reviving again;

Over the hills and the valleys,

Sound of abundance of rain. [Chorus]

3.

There shall be showers of blessing:

Send them upon us, O Lord;

Grant to us now a refreshing;

Come and now honor Thy Word.

4.

There shall be showers of blessing:

Oh, that today they might fall,

Now as to God we’re confessing,

Now as on Jesus we call! [Chorus]

ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND THE HYMN!

Major Daniel Webster Whittle was birn on November 22, 1840, and he died on March 4, 1901. He was a 19th-century American gospel song lyricist, evangelist, and Bible teacher.

Whittle wrote mostly under the pseudonym “El Nathan” although editors of later hymnals routinely credit his actual name.

The hymn “showers of blessings,” was written in the 1800′s by Daniel Webster Whittle, this particular hymn is based upon the scripture found in Ezekiel 34:26-27 which reads

“I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.”

Couple of comments on the lyrics:

“Sound of abundance of rain” – This particular phrasing is based upon the story of Elijah the prophet found in I Kings 18. The land was in drought. Elijah had challenged and mocked the prophets of Baal regarding the promise of God.

In the midst of a drought, Elijah poured four barrels of water on the altar that he had prepared. God answered Elijah’s prayer, consumed the sacrifice and the wood, and the water. Shortly thereafter, Elijah told King Ahab that he heard the sound of abundance of rain. Elijah was a man of faith. He hadn’t seen a cloud. He hadn’t felt rain drops. He prayed, and prayed, and prayed – 7 times until the rain came.

And when God sent the rain, it wasn’t just a brief rain, but an abundance of rain.

God promises blessing in our lives. God sends blessings to us – showers of blessings. Material blessings. Spiritual blessings. Relationship blessings. The Word of God and the preached word. An abundance of blessings – pressed down, shaken together and running over.

“Mercy drops round us are falling” – Hosea 10:12 says “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”

The Bible promises that the Lord will rain righteousness down for those that sow righteousness.

For those that seek the Lord. I believe God is constantly raining drops of mercy around us. We should be looking for those drops of mercy. To be thankful for the little things God does in our lives everyday.

Those little brief showers of His grace and mercy that remind us of how good our God is, and they should take us to a place of praise and thankfulness.

Thank You Jesus,

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