O God, in restless living

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Title: O God, in restless living
Text: Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1931
Tune: RUTHERFORD
Music: Edward F. Rimbault, 1867
Key: F major
Meter: 76.76.76.75
Date Added: 2021/04/25

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O God in restless living
we lose our spirit's peace.
Calm our unwise confusion,
bid thou our clamor cease.
Let anxious hearts grow quiet,
like pools at evening still,
till thy reflected heavens
all our spirits fill

Teach us, beyond our striving,
the rich rewards of rest
Who does not live serenely
is never deeply bless'd.
O tranquil, radiant Sunlight,
bring thou our lives to flow'r,
less wearied with our effort,
more aware of pow'r.

Receptive make our spirits,
our need is to be still.
As dawn fades flick'ring candle,
so dim our anxious will.
Reveal thy radiance through us,
thine ample strength release.
Not ours, but thine the triumph
in the pow'r of peace.

We grow not wise by struggling,
we gain but things by strain.
We cease to water gardens
when comes thy plenteous rain.
O, beautify our spirits
in restfulness from strife,
enrich our souls in secret with abundant life.

Alternate words

The Sands of Time Are Sinking