| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The All Father’s Word | | By Emily Solis-Cohen, Jr. |
| | | WHEN ransomed Israel saw the returning sea | |
| O’erwhelm the vast array of Pharaoh’s pride, | |
| And raised exultant hymn above the tide:— | |
| “Lord God eternal who is like to Thee, | |
| Awful in praises, working wondrously!” | 5 |
| God silent bode; but when His angels vied | |
| With men in choir antiphonal, and cried:— | |
| “His outstretched arm hath set His children free!” | |
| And heaven like earth rocked with tumultuous song, | |
| God spake rebuking; and the shamed, mute throng, | 10 |
| Awe-swept and trembling, glimpsed a vision new | |
| Of Love and Pity Infinite, as they heard | |
| The fathomless sorrow of the All Father’s word: | |
| “Peace. They that perish are My children too.” | | | | |
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