Tread Softly

Be silent, be silent, a whisper is heard

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [Be silent, be silent) Doane)
Published in 49 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Be silent, be silent,
A whisper is heard,
Be silent, and listen,
Oh, treasure each word!

Refrain:
Tread softly, tread softly,
The Master is here,
Tread softly, tread softly,
He bids us draw near.

2 Be silent, be silent,
For holy this place,
This altar that echoes
The message of grace. [Refrain]

3 Be silent, be silent,
Breathe humbly our prayer,
A foretaste of Eden
This moment we share. [Refrain]

4 Be silent, be silent,
His mercy record,
Be silent, be silent
And wait on the Lord. [Refrain]

Timeless Truths

Author: Fanny Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Be silent, be silent, a whisper is heard
Title: Tread Softly
Author: Fanny Crosby
Meter: 6.5.6.5 D
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Tread softly, tread softly, the Master is here
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6894
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Timeless Truths #104
  • Tread_Softly.pdf (PDF)

Instances

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Abiding Songs #d11

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Bells of Salvation #57

Blessed Assurance #2

Blessed Assurance #35

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Christ in Song #196

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Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #39

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Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #448

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #185

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #185

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d47

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Devotional Songs #117

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Global Praise 2 #2

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Glorious Praise #147

Happy Songs for Boys and Girls #28

Hosannas, a Superior Collection ... #d10

Hymnal, Church of the Brethren #d37

Hymns and Songs #d3

Hymns and Songs IV #114

Hymns of Grace #293

Hymns of Zion #137

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Jubilant Voices for Sunday Schools and Devotional Meetings #93

Kingdom Songs No. 2 #d14

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Pentecostal Hymns No. 4 #145

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Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #488

Praise Ye #191

Precious Jewels of Sacred Song #d19

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Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings #168

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #479

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Sing Aloud #141

Song Evangel #d11

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Songs for Juniors #181

Songs for Today #d7

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Songs of Faith #261

Songs of Life, for Use in the Sunday School ... #d10

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Songs of Revival Power #94

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The Broadman Hymnal #485

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #768

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The Church Hymnal #601

The Churches of God Hymnal. #d44

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The Cyber Hymnal #6894

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The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #3

The Ham-Ramsay Revival Hymns, a Collection of High Class Gospel Music #d24

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The Modern Hymnal #443

The New National Baptist Hymnal #525

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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #177

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The Praise Book #293

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Timeless Truths #104

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United Praise #191

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Voice of Praise #305

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