Speak, Lord, in the Stillness

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Speak, Lord, in the stillness

Author: Emily Crawford (1920)
Tune: QUIETUDE (Green)
Published in 39 hymnals

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1 Speak, Lord, in the stillness
speak your word to me;
hushed my heart to listen
in expectancy.

2 Speak, O gracious Master,
in this quiet hour;
let me see your face, Lord,
feel your touch of power.

3 For the words you give me
they are life indeed;
living bread from heaven,
now my spirit feed.

4 Speak, your servant listens,
be not silent, Lord;
let me know your presence;
let your voice be heard.

5 Fill me with the knowledge
of your glorious will;
all your own good pleasure
in my life fulfill.

Source: The Book of Praise #442

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Author: Emily Crawford

Emily May Grimes Crawford is described in the author index of the Book of Common Praise (Toronto, 1938) as a Canadian Anglican [as author of "The Master comes! He calls for thee], which she altogether was nor was not. The hymn was first published in London by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1890, before Emily May Grimes had ever left her native England. In 1893, she went to South Africa under CMS sponsorship to work among the Pondo tribe; then, in 1904, she married T.W.W. Crawford, M.D., and went to work with him among the Kikuyu of Kenya. Her career thus far is outlined in Julian (1907), p. 1712. The mission station at which the bride arrived had indeed been started by the CMS, but had been turned over to the newly-formed mission… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Speak, Lord, in the stillness
Title:	Speak, Lord, in the Stillness
Author:	Emily Crawford (1920)
Meter:	6.5.6.5
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain