He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,
Mark 4:38–39Peace! Be still!
Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
Words: Attributed to Anatolius, 7th Century (Ζοφεράς τρικυμίας). Translated from Greek to English by John M. Neale, Hymns of the Eastern Church, 1862.
Music: St. Helena (Allen) Alfred R. Allen, 1911 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Fierce was the billow wild, dark was the night;
Oars labored heavily, foam glimmered white.
Trembled the mariners; peril was nigh:
Then said the God of God, Peace: it is I.
Ridge of the mountain wave, lower thy crest;
Wail of the tempest wind, be thou at rest.
Sorrow can never be, darkness must fly,
Where saith the Light of light, Peace: it is I.
Jesus, Deliverer, near to us be;
Soothe thou my voyaging over life’s sea;
Thou, when the storm of death roars, sweeping by,
Whisper, O Truth of truth, Peace: it is I.