O Galilee, Sweet Galilee!

O Ga­li­lee

sweet Ga­li­lee!

O land where pro­phets trod;

O land most sac­red in our eyes

Where walked the Son of God!

We praise the name that hal­lowed Thee

Dear Je­sus

bless­èd name;

As long as tongue shall sound His praise

So long thy death­less fame.

O Ga­li­lee

sweet Ga­li­lee!

O land where pro­phets trod;

O Ga­li­lee

sweet Ga­li­lee

Where walked the Son of God.

O Ga­li­lee

sweet Ga­li­lee!

Thy hills are sac­red now;

Whose rocks did lend

on wea­ried nights

A pil­low for His brow

Or from whose crests

where ce­dars bend

In si­lent twi­light hour

He stood en­wrapped in pray­er­ful mood

Awaiting God-sealed pow­er.

O Ga­li­lee

sweet Ga­li­lee!

We claim thee as our own;

Where first He came

whose mis­sion was

To bind all flesh in one;

O na­tive land

O co­ve­nant land

Of earth’s most roy­al king!

We give thee meed of bless­èd praise

While we His glo­ry sing.

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