Serenity

O sabbath rest of Galilee

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1872)
Tune: SERENITY (Ives)
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O sabbath rest of Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity interpreted by love.
Drop thy still dews of quietness till all our striving cease;
take from our ouls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace.

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

Whittier, John Greenleaf, the American Quaker poet, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, Dec. 17, 1807. He began life as a farm-boy and shoemaker, and subsequently became a successful journalist, editor and poet. In 1828 he became editor of the American Manufacturer (Boston), in 1830 of the New England Review, and an 1836 (on becoming Secretary to the American Anti-Slavery Society) of the Pennsylvania Freeman. He was also for some time, beginning with 1847, the corresponding editor of the National Era. In 1840 he removed to Amesbury, Massachusetts, where most of his later works have been written. At the present time [1890] he lives alternately at Amesbury and Boston. His first poetical piece was printed in the Newburyport Free Press in 182… Go to person page >

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First Line: O sabbath rest of Galilee
Title: Serenity
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1872)
Meter: 8.6.8.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The United Methodist Hymnal #499

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