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Be Still and Know
Among the discords of our days,
Above the traffic of our ways,
A Voice persists, if we will hear.
It speaks insistently and clear:
"Put off the cares that hinder so;
I am thy God - be still and know!"
Haste, soul, to find a place apart;
There rest the load and lift the heart
Before the voices of the crowd-
Demanding voices, strident, loud-
Press in and hush that whispered sound
Where trust and victory are found.
One may not find it in an hour-
God's vital, energizing pow'r-
And not by forced tranquility
Or stupor of complacency!
The heart must wait the Spirit's mood,
Looking to Him in quietude.
How is it, then, that toil exceeds,
Providing for the mundane needs,
Until, ofttimes at close of day,
Almost we are too tired to pray?
"Oh, come apart - be still and know";
'Tis thus His choicest saints must grow.
By Kathryn Blackburn Peck
 
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