Olney Hymns · Chapter
The Storm Is Hushed explained
The poem celebrates the end of a spiritual storm, where the speaker moves from despair and fear to peace and gratitude through Jesus Christ's intervention.
What happens
The poem celebrates the end of a spiritual storm, where the speaker moves from despair and fear to peace and gratitude through Jesus Christ's intervention. The tempter is defeated, and the speaker dedicates their life to God.
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Narrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional peak occurs in stanza V, where the speaker’s hope is violently extinguished as Satan obscures ev…
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Follow the arc while readingThemes in this chapter
- Redemption and Salvation
The speaker's deliverance from despair and sin through Christ's sacrifice.
- Spiritual Warfare
The conflict with the tempter and the victory won by Christ.
Characters to notice
- Jesus Christ
Reveals his blood and righteousness, brings salvation, and secures the speaker's peace.
- Satan
The tempter who threatens but flees at the Saviour's voice.
- The Narrator
The speaker who endures the storm and experiences deliverance.
Key passages
“The tempter, who but lately said I soon should be his prey, Has heard my Saviour’s voice, and fled With shame and grief away.”
Satan, who had been confident of capturing me, has been defeated by Christ's command and retreated in disgrace.
Illustrates the power of Christ over demonic forces.
“But Jesus pitied my distress, He heard my feeble cry, Reveal’d his blood and righteousness, And brought salvation nigh.”
Jesus, moved by compassion, responded to my weak prayer, showed me his atoning sacrifice, and granted me salvation.
Highlights the grace and mercy of Christ in response to prayer.
