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CAPERNAUM, by                    
First Line: Capernaum at sunset
Last Line: By the waters of galilee.


Capernaum at sunset --
Beside the blue, blue sea!
It almost seems that I was there,
So clear it is to me;
I seem to have trod that dusty street,
One with the eager throng
That hurried to meet the Master
With joyous shout and song;

I seem to have called to the blind
And the lame in those little homes,
White-walled and low and humble,
"He comes, the Master comes!"
To Him, when the sun was setting
On the shore of the peaceful sea,
They brought the sick and the crippled
For His tender ministry.

And when it was day He departed
Far off to a desert place;
But the people sought Him and prayed Him
To tarry a little space;
But He said unto them "Little children,
There are others who need the word."
So they knelt at His feet rejoicing
In the healing Truth they had heard.

And now in the long thereafter
Waits this blessing for you and me --
The Truth that He taught them at sunset
By the waters of Galilee.





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