Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man

DESCRIPTION: ""Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water, Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea." The singer was brought up to pray, and knows he is not the man he hopes to be,
AUTHOR: Gene MacLellan (source:Wikipedia)
EARLIEST DATE: 1970 (recording, Anne Murray, according to Wikipedia)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad Jesus campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 546, "Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man" (notes only)
NOTES [113 words]: Jesus calming the storm occurs in Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:37-41, Luke 8:22-25. Walking on the water with calming the storm occurs in Matthew 14:32, Mark 6:48-51, with a semi-parallel in John 6:19-21. The cleansing of the Temple is in Matthew 21:12 and parallels, plus John 2:13-16, which places it at the beginning rather than the end of his ministry.
The song was popular enough to be recorded by Elvis Presley and Bing Crosby among others, though folkies perhaps are most likely to have heard it from Joan Baez.
Author Gene MacLellan committed suicide in 1995. The listed cause was depression, but with a theology like this, it's easy to see how he could get down on himself! - RBW
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