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.