Worship in Song ‎#136

136. This Still Room

1 "Where, in my name, meet two or three,"
Our Lord hath said, "I there will be!"
And so I find it well to come
for deeper rest to this still room,

2 For here the habit of the soul
Feels less the outer world's control;
The strength of mutual purpose pleads
more earnestly our common needs;

3 And from the silence multiplied
By these still forms on either side,
The world that time and sense have known
falls off and leaves us God alone.

Text Information

• First Line: "Where, in my name, meet two or three"
• Title: This Still Room
• Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1869)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Scripture:
  Matthew 18:20
• Topic: Community; Quaker author; Quietness; Silence; Corporate worship

Tune Information

• Name: THE KING'S MAJESTY
• Composer: Graham George
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.
• Key: e minor