Kutakuwa na Baraka Lyrics [Nyimbo za Injili 15]
1 Kutakuwa na baraka,
Hiyo ni Neno lake;
Kutakuwa na faraja,
Bwana hutoa kwake.
Baraka nyingi,
Baraka twahitaji;
Tumepokea kiasi,
Bali twataka nyingi.
2 Kutakuwa na baraka,
Ufufuo twataka;
HKwa mabonde na milima,
Mungu anyeshe mvua.
3 Kutakuwa na baraka,
Zitumwagie Bwana;
Kuburudishwa twataka,
Na mvua yako Bwana.
4 Kutakuwa na baraka,
Laiti! zianguke;
Haja zetu twaungama,
Yesu, utusikie.
5 Kutakuwa na baraka,
Tukimjua na kumtii;
Tena tutaburudishwa,
Tukimpa nafasi.
Equivalent Hymn (English Translation):
There shall be showers of blessing
1 There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Savior above.
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy-drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
2 There shall be showers of blessing—
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.
3 There shall be showers of blessing;
Send them upon us, O Lord!
Grant to us now a refreshing;
Come, and now honor Thy Word.
4 There shall be showers of blessing;
O that today they might fall,
Now as to God we’re confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!
5 There shall be showers of blessing,
If we but trust and obey;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
If we let God have His way.
The Story Behind the Hymn “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing!”
There shall be showers of blessings is a Christian hymn that was written in 1883 by Daniel Webster (1840-1901) under the pseudonym of Daniel Webster (D. W.) Whittle. He began attending a Congregational Church and became a regular Bible class attendee in 1857.
Daniel was converted during the Civil War. Therefore, he gave testimony to his conversion experience in the book Twice Born Men.
In his book, Daniel relates how when the Civil War broke out, he left his home in New England and came to Virginia as lieutenant of a company in a Massachusetts regiment. He continues to recount how his dear mother, who was a devout Christian, parted from him with many a tear. She also followed him with many a prayer. And importantly, she had placed a New Testament in a pocket of the haversack that she arranged for him.
Daniel’s regiment had many engagements and he saw many sad sights. In one of the battles, he was knocked out, and that night his arm was amputated above the elbow.
Consequently, as he grew better, having a desire for something to read, he felt in his haversack, which I had been allowed to keep, and found the little [New] Testament his mother had placed there.
Therefore, he read right through the book, from Matthew, Mark, and Luke, to Revelation. He found every part interesting to him; and to his surprise, he could understand it in a way that he never had before.
When he had finished Revelation, he began with Matthew, and read it through again. And so, for days, he continued reading, and with continued interest; and still with no thought of becoming a Christian, though he saw clearly from what he read the way of salvation through Christ.
Thereafter, while laying in the hospital, a young man begged a nurse to pray for him, but she refused. He then begged Daniel who said “I can’t pray. I never prayed in my life. I am just as wicked as you are.”
The young man begged Daniel to pray for him. Therefore, Daniel felt God speaking to him. So he knelt at the boy’s bedside confessing first his sins and then praying for the young man. By the time he finished, the young man had peacefully passed from this life.
Daniel later recounted, “I dropped on my knees and held the boy’s hand in mine. In a few broken words, I confessed my sins and asked Christ to forgive me. I believed right there that He did forgive me. I then prayed earnestly for the boy. He became quiet and pressed my hand as I prayed and pleaded God’s promises. When I arose from my knees, he was dead. A look of peace had come over his troubled face, and I cannot but believe that God who used him to bring me to the Savior, used me to lead him to trust Christ’s precious blood and find pardon. I hope to meet him in heaven.”
Following the war, Daniel went to work for the Elgin Watch Company. Thereafter, he went and joined the well-known Evangelist Dwight L. Moody as an associate evangelist and hymn writer. James Mc Granahan, who often traveled sharing the gospel with (Major) Whittle, composed the music for There Shall Be Showers of Blessings.
