Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HE SHALL SPEAK PEACE UNTO THE NATIONS, by LILA V. WALTERS


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HE SHALL SPEAK PEACE UNTO THE NATIONS, by                    
First Line: A stormy sea! Waves dashing high!
Last Line: "in his own time ""he shall speak peace."
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


A stormy sea! Waves dashing high!
The frail boat rocks upon the deep.
(How can the Lord unconscious lie,
Head pillowed, in the stern--asleep?)

The winds sweep down on Galilee,
And fiercer grows the storm, until
Strong men cry out in fear! Then He,
In conscious power, speaks: "Peace, be still."

A world war-wrecked! In fury tossed
By storms of rage and jealous hate!
(The Lord unmindful of the cost;
Unheeding--till it be too late!)

Yet say not so! He hears the cry--
And still "He maketh wars to cease."
The crucible is 'neath His eye.
In His own time "He shall speak peace."





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