Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-08-10
THE SEA OF GALILEE.

Bow down my spirit, and adore. while thus /
gaze on thee.
Thou favored spo, of all the earth. thricc.hal-
lowed GaIlilee:
Bow down my spirit, and adore. as in The courts
above,
Behold the place the Saviour god. in sorrow and
IN love.
Throughout thy valleys ring his words, thy hill
tops heard his voice,
And Hermou from its dewy height called on
them to rejoice.
Thy verdan, banks his pillow formed, his fool,
step, prest thy sod.
And Oft thy waters mirror'd back the image Of
aGod.
There is no sound along thy shore. no murmur
But tells Of Him who left the skies. and life
eternal gave.
Mcthinks among those stirring leaves his ac-
cents linger yet.
And fancy sees each gli,terins shrub with tears
OF pity wet.
While heartless man denied home. thy trees n
shelter made;
Thy smiles of beauty cheercd his soul when
iai,h!ess friends betrayed:
Eorsaken scurned his mission spurned, no an-
gry wish He knew;
But freely lell his love or all, as falls the genial
dew.
How grea, ,ha, love. whenever waves the tale
can well a,,es,
As from simple seaman's boa, that aoate,t on
thy breast,
The God who reared those lofty hills. and gave
the seas their birth.
Their deigncd TO ,c sch the oCtcust poor, the ig-
norant Of earth.
Or, when opprest by mul,iiudes, He turned
Him from his way;
And standing on the mountain top, tie taugh,
them how to pray.
When streams OF truth aud mercy flowed among
the list ming crowd
And the s,ou, heart with holy fear, like oaks Of
Bashan bowed.
That list ming crowd have passed away their
very names forgot,
While tho heavenly woid is echoing yet from
earth $ remotrst spot;
And like thy waves that gospel sonnd shall sii!
keep flowing on;
Unchanged by u.ne. unspcntby age, tiiIi,llshe
.sSi Nlss-i ~ "Sa. 49, -
THY conscious waters knew their Goo" and
Welded To his will,
As moved along the troubled deep, the gentle
words " be sul! g
Or when beneath the s,arless shy, upon the
stormy wave,
lie wen, in mcrcy's fairest suise. to succour,
and 10 save.
when fai,hlcss Peter asked sign. and 10 a
sign was given,
He learned that faith should ever Trust. tho
clouds obscure the Heaven.
For faith is like the summer flower that opc 5
i,s petals wnlc,
IT the warm SUNSHINE be bestowed, or IL II be
denied.
Lonely and sad. ,hrous hou, thy midst, the holy
Jordan flows.
Nor ripples with Thy cur,ng breeze, nor min.
cling current knows;
So passed the Saviour through this world. rulrI.
Cling. but yet part;
With human passions IN his frame The God head
at his heart.
And meeting with thy western sky Moun, TIA.
Dor rears ITS head,
Al whose broad base the Saviour once his IA.
mished followers ted;
And on whose summit Us lac stood, his fac. wir.l
glory shone,
While from the cloud the Father spoke. aud
hailed Him as his own.
Capernaun. where the Chosen One his pur
est lessous taught.
Chorazin aud Brtlisaida too. where hralus Oft
was wrought;
Low on the dust their fallen towers in shapcless
ruin lie,
Who in the fulipess of their pride Saviour
dared deny.
Yes, tower and ruin. bill! and plain. ba, mos,
thou beauieuus sea.
Docs every varying look Of thine some image
bring to me.
For tho !, is with spirit eyes I've looked along
thy shore,
With spiri, step have ,rod the path the Saviour
trod before.
feel the impress on my soul. the holy shop
herds felt,
When frs; before the nanser rude. adorlngiy
they knelt:
And fain Id pass away in peace. as though my
eyea had seen.
The Saviour in his slorN bright, nor worldly
MIST between.
Wha, tho Thy shores no sightlcss bard with
classic beauty sang.
Nor clang Of spear. nor battle shout, along thy
margin rang.
deeper charm is resting there. than mortal
Tyre can sound.
For there the star Of Bethlehem shonc. and 10
It's holy ground.
Thou ar, tho holy spo, of earth. by prophets
long foretold.
Where the righteous Of the world should come,
rs TO shepherds fold;
1 Though art the Mecca Of the mind" where
mao in homage turns,
Thy shores the ai'ars where the heat, its pur.
est incense burns.
Thon shalt remain when battling spear TO
plonghshare shal, be turned
And peace add goodness ii the hear, where
fearful passoins burned;