Authoritative information about the hymn text Like a River Glorious, with lyrics, MIDI files, PDF files, printable scores, audio recordings, piano resources, and products for worship planners.

Like a River Glorious Like a river glorious is God’s perfect peace, Over all victorious, in its bright increase; Perfect, yet it floweth fuller every day, Perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way. Refrain: …

Like a river, glorious Is God’s perfect peace, Over all victorious In its bright increase; Perfect, yet it floweth Fuller every day, Perfect, yet it groweth Deeper all the way. Stayed upon Christ Jesus, …

Her hymn “Like a river glorious / is God’s perfect peace,” although not mentioned specifically here, was therefore written in the midst of terrible sickness, probably dictated to a family member, and it …

Jul 22, 2025 · “Like a River Glorious” has remained one of her most enduring compositions, loved for both its lyrical beauty and its rich theological content. With its gentle melody and uplifting message, …

Lyrics Like a river glo­ri­ous, is God’s per­fect peace, Over all vic­tor­ious, in its bright in­crease; Perfect, yet it flow­eth, full­er ev­ery day, Perfect, yet it grow­eth, deep­er all the way. Refrain Stayed up­on Je­ho­vah, …

Like a river glorious is God's perfect peace, Over all victorious in its bright increase; Perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev'ry day; Perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.

Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879) wrote this hymn in 1874 while in Leamington, England, titling it “Perfect Peace—In Illness.” Inspired by Isaiah 48:18 (“Then had thy peace been as a river”), the …

I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream. Isaiah

Like a river glorious is God’s perfect peace, over all victorious in its bright increase; perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev’ry day, perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way. Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully …