Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1896 — PEACE, BE STILL. [ARTICLE]

PEACE, BE STILL.

BY FANNIE.

’Twas a stormy night in the Eastern land— A fearfully gloomy night— The dark clouds muttered in wrath above, And the moon withdrew her light; While the affrighted earth made a doleful moan. And the mountains echoed the thunder's tone. But moat, on the calm Genaesaret lake, Did th? elements’ strife appear. For its depths were stirred, and the seagod moaned, W’hile the wavelets fled in fear; And the billows dashed in their fury high, Reflecting the wrath of the angry ► ky. A lonely bark, on that fearful night, When terror and gloom were rife, Was helplessly toss’d on the surging waves With ita freight Within were tremblers who bowed in prayer. But their faith gave way to a deep despair. There was only one of that little band, Who slept while the sea kept moan; As peaceful and o Im were His slumbers there As if He were safe at home; While the others, bowed down in bitterness, wept, He, veiled in Omnipotence, sweetly slept. He slept till aroused from His calm re pose By the bitter and rend'rg cry “Lord save, or we perish!”—He heard the appeal Which thrilled through the portals on high; So, God-like He stood. His Omipotent will Commanded the storm and the waves to be still. The billows obeyed Him, no longer they foamed, By Deity instantly awed, T 1 e wavelets in reverence bowed at His feet, And silently worshipped their God; While the stars looked smilingly, calmly dots, And brighter than ever in beauty shone. Dear Savior, if Thou, by Thy power Divine Did’st lull the billows to rest. Oh quiet the turmoil within my soul— Speak peace to mj troubled breast, Anti guide my bark in ita frailty o’er, Till it safely reaches the better shore. California, Mo., Au . 2, 1860.