1.
“The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep
silence before Him.”
The stars are silent o'er our heads above,
The graves are silent 'neath our feet below,
And silent are the deepest thoughts we know;
Silent our God, in Whom we live and move;
And silent the unutterable Love
That pleads for man, while he still to and fro
In busy noise and loud tumultuous show
Is hurrying day by day, as if he strove
To drown that Voice which to his heart is given;
Yet wheresoe'er Thy Spirit wakes him, there
Is stillness as of stars in summer even.
Thus round Thine unseen throne still everywhere
Unutterable silence speaks Thy prayer,
“Thy will be done on earth, as 'tis in Heaven.”
