The phrase "O bid" resonates through 3 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
O bid
...Bid the stormy winds to cease,
Bid, O bid me go in peace.
To Thee, Jesu, do I fly,...
Bid the stormy winds to cease,
Bid, O bid me go in peace.
To Thee, Jesu, do I fly,
...Be this Thy Zion’s favored hour;
O bid the morning star arise,
O point the heathen to the skies....
Be this Thy Zion’s favored hour;
O bid the morning star arise,
O point the heathen to the skies.
...Giver of the heav’nly peace,
Bid, O bid, these tumults cease;
Minister Thy holy balm,...
Giver of the heav’nly peace,
Bid, O bid, these tumults cease;
Minister Thy holy balm,
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