Text:They Cast Their Nets
Author:William A. Percy, 1885–1942
Tune:PEACE OF GOD
Composer:Herbert G. Draesel Jr., b. 1940
Harmonizer:Jerry Evenrud, b. 1929

307. They Cast Their Nets

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.

2 Contented, peaceful fishermen,
Before they ever knew
The peace of God that filled their hearts
Brimful, and broke them too,
Brimful, and broke them too.

3 Young John, who trimmed the flapping sail,
Homeless in Patmos died.
Peter, who hauled the teeming net,
Head down was crucified,
Head down was crucified.

4 The peace of God, it is no peace,
But strife closed in the sod.
Yet, let us pray for but one thing:
The marv’lous peace of God,
The marv’lous peace of God.

Text Information
First Line: They cast their nets in Galilee
Title: They Cast Their Nets
Author: William A. Percy, 1885–1942
Meter: 86 866
Language: English
Publication Date: 2020
Topic: Mission and Witness
Copyright: Public domain
Notes: Text: alt.
Tune Information
Name: PEACE OF GOD
Composer: Herbert G. Draesel Jr., b. 1940
Harmonizer: Jerry Evenrud, b. 1929
Meter: 86 866
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: © 1964, 1965 (renewed) Church Publishing Fund (BMI); setting: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship



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