When words and acts, untrue, unkind,
Against thy life, like arrows, fly;
Receive them with a patient mind;
Seek no revenge, make no reply.
Oh holy SILENCE! 'Tis the shield,
More strong than warrior's twisted mail;
A hidden strength, a might conceal'd,
Which worldly shafts in vain assail.
He, who is silent in his cause,
Has left that cause to heavenly arms;
And heaven's eternal aid and laws
Are swift to ward the threatening harms.
God is our great, protecting Power.
BE STILL! The great Defender moves;
He watches well the dangerous hour;
Nor fails to save the child He loves.
Against thy life, like arrows, fly;
Receive them with a patient mind;
Seek no revenge, make no reply.
Oh holy SILENCE! 'Tis the shield,
More strong than warrior's twisted mail;
A hidden strength, a might conceal'd,
Which worldly shafts in vain assail.
He, who is silent in his cause,
Has left that cause to heavenly arms;
And heaven's eternal aid and laws
Are swift to ward the threatening harms.
God is our great, protecting Power.
BE STILL! The great Defender moves;
He watches well the dangerous hour;
Nor fails to save the child He loves.
— Christ in the Soul (1872) XXXII.
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