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The Reticent God

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 28, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 4.

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The Reticent God

By Llewellyn A. Morrison

By Llewellyn A. Morrison
Great souls are silent and walk apart: Yea, every spirit dwelleth alone; By the crowded way and on thronging mart Each one hath a vision, his very own, But perfect kinship doth none await. The reticent God is the only mate.
His Word instructeth. By what it saith We must bear the burden and share the bane, For we are one body with Christ, by faith: Tho the wound be thine—I must pity the pain. My words and my deeds are only mine— The reticent God is the Judge, divine.
The Christian life, in the Christ, must be The mystic communion of many saints, With trust the watchword, and love the key Unfettering all the soul's constraints. Yet, howsoever the ranks demean, The reticent God is the bond between.
No heart can be strong in the rush and boom Of the world's commotion and complex strife,— The spirit of man must have range and room For separate living and restful life, Where, by light or darkness, in joy or ruth, The reticent God can reveal the truth.
Potential powers are gleaned and gained Where the solitudes mature the strength; From Horeb's stillness, the might obtained Bore Paul to the “Ostian Way” at length. Where holy bush doth the soul surround, The reticent God can be truly found.
He hideth from us, we know not why,— His self-completeness we know and trust; We may not gaze on Him, eye to eye,— We see His beauty, perceive Him just, And step with Him till the tumults cease. The reticent God is our perfect peace.
Tho ransomed bosoms be full of song When Love looks in with delight aflame; Tho majesty and all graces throng On the brow, thorn-crowned for the Perfect Name; We learn, when He comes to abide within, The reticent God is our next of kin.
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