Peace, Be Still
He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm. (Mark 4:39, HCSB) In the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel, the character Nettie Fowler sings the words with which Jerry Lewis would later end every one of his Muscular Dystrophy Association telethons from 1964-2010: When you walk through a storm Keep your chin up high And don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Tho’ your drams be tossed and blown. Walk on, walk on, With hope in your heart And you’ll never walk alone. This song was also made famous due to hit versions recorded by Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Andy Williams, and Doris Day. Even Pink Floyd interpolated this song into their own song “Fearless” in 1971 and Barbara Streisand chose this song to end the 2001 Emmy Awards in honor of the vic...