WHEN ISRAEL FROM THE LAND OF NILE.

In exitu.

When Israel, from the land of Nile,

Went up in triumph o’er the sea,

And left, beneath that cloudy pile,

The shores where heathen altars be,

In Juda was Jehovah known,

And there the mighty God was shown!

The rolling waters saw and fled,

The mountains leaped like Nebo’s rams,

And Jordan trembled in its bed,

And skipped the little hills like lambs.

Oh Jordan then what ailed thee!

Why fleddest thou eternal sea!

Why fled ye so, ye little rills,

Or what, old Ocean, broke thy calm!

Why leaped ye so, ye high, high hills,

Why skipped ye like the mountain lamb?

The tribes went up across the sea;

Say, ye big waves, why trembled ye!

Tremble, oh earth—it was the Lord!

The pillar of His presence led;

The God of Jacob bared His sword,

The startled waters saw and fled!

Gushed into tears the flinty stone;

Tremble, oh earth; ’twas God alone!