Bible Study Songs ‎#110

110. Palestine Song

1 First the line on coast we make;
Merom next, a marshy lake;
Then the Sea of Galilee,
Exactly east 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.

2 Looking northward you may view
Lebanon and Hermon, too;
Carmel and Gilboagrim,
Tabor, Ebal, Gerizim.
Near Jerusalem we see
Olivet and Calvary.
Judæa's hills rise south and west
Of lonely Nebo's low'ring crest.

3 On Zion stands Jerusalem;
Six miles south is Bethlehem;
On Olives' slope is Bethany,
Bethabara by Jordan see.
Our Saviour drank at Sychar's well;
Of boyhood days let Nazareth tell;
At Cana water turned to wine
Showed our Lord to be divine.

4 Capernaum by Galilee,
Near its twin Bethsaida see;
Cæsarea Philippi
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.

5 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.

Text Information

• First Line: First the line on coast we make
• Title: Palestine Song
• Author: Nellie Brown
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Picture Songs
• Source: "Song and Study for God's Little Ones," From
• Copyright: Copyright, 1894, by B. F. Vella. From "Song and Study for God's Little Ones."
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [First the line on coast we make]
• Incipit: 51112 33323 47211
• Key: G Major
• Source: "Song and Study for God's Little Ones," arranged
• Copyright: Copyright, 1894, by B. F. Vella. From "Song and Study for God's Little Ones."
• Notes: Now Public Domain