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 A BIBLE STORY.

told a story to me, when a child, Ere I could read, that fill'd my heart with awe, And wondering love,—a story of the Sea, And Him who walked upon it. Dreary night Settled on Galilee, and angry winds Lash'd the rebellious waves. Yet o'er their heads Toss'd high in maddening fury, Jesus came, As calm, as tho' the smooth, green earth he trod.

A storm-driven ship was there, and the strain'd eyes Of the vex'd mariners, were wildly fix'd On him astonish'd,—for they did not know 11*