"Be all at rest, my soul!" Oh! Blessed secret

" Be all at rest, my soul!" Oh! Blessed secret Of the true life that glorifies thy Lord; Not always doth the busiest soul best serve Him, But he who resteth on His faithful word.

" Be all at rest!" for rest is highest service; To the still heart God doth His secrets tell; Thus shalt thou learn to wait, and watch, and labor, Strengthened to bear, since Christ in thee doth dwell.

" Be all at rest!" for rest alone becometh The soul that casts on Him its every care; " Be all at rest!" so shall thy life proclaim Him A God who worketh and who heareth prayer.

" Be all at rest!" so shalt thou be an answer To those who question, " Who is God, and where?" For God is rest, and where He dwells is stillness, And they who dwell in Him that rest shall share.