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Contents. They cast their nets in Galilee. Author: William Alexander Percy (alt.) Tune: GEORGETOWN (Williams) Published in 7 hymnals. Choral. The Peace of God. Representative Text. 1 They cast their nets in Galilee, Just off the hills of brown; Such happy, simple fisherfolk, Before the Lord came down, Before the Lord came down.
The Fishermen / They Cast Their Nets in Galilee. This hymn about Jesus calling the fishermen was written by French-American Roman Catholic lawyer, planter, and poet William Alexander Percy (1885–1942).
The poem His Peace appeared in the 1924 book Enzio's Kingdom and Other Poems by William Alexander Percy. The last four verses of the poem became the hymn They Cast Their Nets in Galilee, and entered the Hymnal 1940 with the tune Georgetown, composed by David McK. Williams in 1941.
The lyrics of our closing hymn are attributed to William Alexander Percy, noted Mississippi author of the early 20th century. Percy’s family were long established members of the planter class, his ancestors included senior officers in the Confederate States Army and a US Senator.
Jan 25, 2021 · The choir of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Southern Pines, NC offers the hymn, They cast their nets in Galilee. Words by William Alexander Percy. Music by Daivd McKinley Williams. Additional...
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Jan 25, 2015 · They Cast Their Nets in Galilee. An article from the Cathedral Times. With gratitude, I repeat here the holy and haunted lines from the poem of William Alexander Percy, written in 1924, and now published as Hymn 661 in our hymnal: Brimful and broke them too. Homeless, in Patmos died.
Full Text. 1 They cast their nets in Galilee. just off the hills of brown; such happy, simple fisher-folk, before the Lord came down. 2 Contented, peaceful fishermen, before they ever knew. the peace of God that filled their hearts.
