The Lord Has Been The People's Guide
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The Lord Has Been The
People's Guide Hurricanes came and ravage the country in those days Enormous amounts died in 1780 when Little Bimshire was visited by a hurricane October 10th and 11th of that very
year Ravished the island killing 4,326 people then going
elsewhere Devastation came again to the island in 1831 Hurricane killed 1500 people before it was gone After a few decades had passed and hurricanes with no
ill fate Some hundreds of lives were lost in 1898 Big destruction again in 1955 on the 22nd of
September Etched in our minds Janet killed 35, a memory forever Edith passed in 1963 with no casualties Northerly David passed in 1979, destructive but again no
fatalities The next year 1980 and on Barack Obama’s Birthday Hurricane Allen destroyed over 6 Million on that Aug the
4th day Every since then there has not been a devastating
hurricane People have been saying it’s our location in the island
chain Except, we have been here for these hundreds of years Our fate is owed to an awesome power that cares Putting faith in God paramount has saved us Lots of people say that God loves Barbados Emancipation started the island on a road of recovery Slavery was abolished in 1834 and we started rebuilding
gradually Got many churches now and diverse denominations Unsung heroes and heroes saluted by Bajans It’s more than coincidental that with our growing belief Dangers have been averted and the island had less grief Every step we took over life’s great divide There’s evidence that The Lord Has Been The People’s
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