This Edith Henry original is a tribute to Sunday school teacher and mentor Tim Smith. When Tim went through the loss of his father in 2009, then-high schooler Edith wrote this song as a gift. The words and music have been polished a bit since then, but the underlying imagery of an Anchor remains in tact. With Christ as our Anchor, we can have confidence of surviving every storm victoriously and arriving safely to our heavenly harbor. We will still be battered with waves as storms overtake us, but we can never be greatly moved: for a ship can never be pulled outside the boundaries of the chain that holds it to its anchor. Psalm 62:2, 6.
This Edith Henry original explores the message of Matthew 5:14—“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
Instead of merely offering supporting tones, the left hand sings much of the melody in this arrangement.
Song History: Mary B. C. Slade, a pastor’s wife devoted to educating school teachers and developing Sunday school curriculums, also wrote a number of hymns. This one, published in 1871, appears to have been the most enduring.