Palestine Song

First the line on coast we make;

Merom next

a mar­shy lake;

Then the Sea of Ga­li­lee

Exactly west of Car­mel

see.

The Jor­dan riv­er flows thro’ both

To the Dead Sea on the south;

And the Great Sea west­ward lies

Stretching far as sun­set skies.

Looking north­ward you may view

Lebanon and Her­mon

too;

Carmel and Gil­boa grim

Tabor

Eb­al

Ge­ri­zim.

Near Je­ru­sa­lem we see

Olivet and Cal­va­ry.

Judea’s hills rise south and west

Of lone­ly Ne­bo’s low­er­ing crest.

On Zi­on stands Je­ru­sa­lem;

Six miles south is Beth­le­hem;

On Ol­ive’s slopes is Beth­any

Bethabara by Jor­dan see.

Our Sav­ior drank at Sy­char’s well;

Of boy­hood days let Na­za­reth tell;

At Ca­na wa­ter turned to wine

Showed our Lord to be di­vine.

Capernaum by Ga­li­lee

Near its twin Beth­sa­ida see;

Cæsarea Phil­lip­pi

At Her­mon’s base is seen to lie;

Along the coast these three ap­pear

Gaza

Jop­pa

Cæ­sa­rea;

South to Beth­el we may go

To Heb­ron next and Je­ri­cho.

From hea­then Tyre ma­te­ri­als came

To build a tem­ple to God’s name;

The sor­row­ing wi­dow’s son at Nain

Jesus raised to life again.

See Dan

where Jor­dan’s wa­ters rise

Beersheba near­er tro­pic skies;

North and south these ci­ties stand

And mark the length of Is­ra­el’s land.