Christ My Song - 523
Keep silence, God is speaking - The Still Small Voice
(Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The Still Small Voice.
1. Keep silence, God is speaking,
hear thou his voice;
he speaks in loving-kindness, –
listen, rejoice. PDF - Midi
2. Aside from human converse,
come thou alone;
be ready still to welcome
his stillest tone.
3. Thy God, O man, but wanteth
thy ready ear.
He knoweth what thou needest:
be still, and hear.
4. He loves to speak, – O listen!
turn not away.
His heart to thee is beating;
stay, trifler, stay!
5. That which he speaks is gladness,
no word to grieve.
His words are words of healing;
hear, then, and live.
6. He draweth near in mercy;
he loves to spare:
his hand on us he layeth, –
all heaven is there.
7. The years that seem the darkest
are years of love:
he speaketh through the darkness
peace from above.
8. The days that seem all sunless
are days of light;
for God himself is in them
to make all bright.
9. The hours of pain and weakness
are hours of strength.
The health seems long in coming;
it comes at length.
10. He comes when waves are tossing,
in storm and shade.
With 'It is I' he cometh;
'Be not afraid!'
Horatius Bonar, The Song of the New Creation, 1872, 155-156.