Paler than death were those it left behind.”
The following is Wesley’s description of Christ rebuking the tempest on the Lake of Gennesaret:—
“He rose unmoved, for all within was peace,
Chid the mad waves, and bid their tumults cease;
Rebuked the winds, which soon forgot to roar,
And all the murm’ring billows kiss’d the shore.”
The piece entitled “Jesus in the Manger visited by the Shepherds,” is as follows:—
“With joy and wonder fill’d, the shepherds run
At early dawn, to seek a brighter sun
Than e’er before enlighten’d mortal eyes;