Scripture Verse

He arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. Luke 8:24

Introduction

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John J. Hulsey
1864–1951

Words & Mu­sic: John J. Hul­sey, 1911 (🔊 pdf nwc). Pub­lished in Sup­ple­ment to the Harp of Glo­ry, ed­it­ed by Will­iam T. Dale & H. A. R. Hor­ton (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: William T. Dale, 1912), num­ber 29.

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Lyrics

Of all the seas of earth most blest,
Whose storm-beat shores seek often for sweet rest,
It must be thou, blue Ga­li­lee,
For in His word
We find He spoke to thee.

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Roll on, roll on, O Ga­li­lee,
Roll on, roll on in peace;
For once this Sav­ior calmed thy shore
To prove His wondrous power on earth to save.

Upon thy waves once Je­sus came,
The wildest storm, He spoke, His voice did tame,
And made the breast a calm repose,
Today all thro’
This world the story goes.

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Upon thy waves, inspiring waves,
Once walked this Christ the lost of earth to save;
Roll on in peace, sweet Ga­li­lee,
Where walked this Christ
Who spoke and calmed thy waves.

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The Christ who walked upon thy shores
Now rules and reigns in Heav’n for ev­er­more;
Now as some lifeboat rides thy waves,
We shout and sing
How much like Christ to save.

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