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I was thinking of this hymn just a few days ago, and when Sarah H. posted it on her blog yesterday, I decided I needed to copy it to mine (including the fourth verse with which I was previously unfamiliar). This is probably my favorite hymn, but it does not get sung often enough. Do we think we don't need to be reminded of these things? Do we think our souls are at peace all of the time? I need to be reminded, since my soul certainly is not still more often than I care to admit. God is in control, every bit as much as He was the day the earth was created, and He has prepared a place for us and will come again and receive us unto Himself, that where He is there we may be also.
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.
Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord.
When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
All safe and blessèd we shall meet at last.
Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise
On earth, be leaving, to Thy Lord on high;
Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,
So shall He view thee with a well pleased eye.
Be still, my soul: the Sun of life divine
Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.
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I found the lyrics to this song on cyberhymnal.org and they had a 5th verse on there in the middle that was about your friends leaving. I had also not heard that verse before.
I looked up the other verse (what would be verse 3):
Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,
And all is darkened in the vale of tears,
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears.
Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay
From His own fullness all He takes away.
I think it goes really well before the fourth verse, and I think it is speaking to some of the same things that I was wrestling with in my post about friends.
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