p. 172 | PEACE, BE STILL! by Maggie Abdell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, March 17, 1885

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 62, No. 11

“PEACE, BE STILL!”

By Maggie Abdell

BY MAGGIE ABDELL.

A FRAGILE ship was on the sea, The waves rolled mountain high, And brave, strong men were sore afraid, Believing they must die. But there was One who calmly slept, Nor dreamed of storm or strife, While those poor men toiled at their oars, With an earnest prayer for life.

Then to the sleeper they drew near, And 'woke him with the cry, “We perish, Lord! dost thou not care, O Master, that we die?” The Master rose, rebuked the wind, And bade the sea “be still!” Then sank the waves, the winds were hushed, Calmed by his mighty will.

As on life's troubled sea we ride, Tossed by sin's restless wave, When all our mortal powers we've tried Our tiny bark to save, Then, Saviour, when we turn to thee, And faith our bosom fills, How sweet to hear thy mighty voice Commanding, “Peace, be still!”