Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: In silence of the voiceless night
Topic: Aspiration to Divine Communion
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: LM
Tune: Oriel
Hymn Number: 262
Page Number: 096, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIN silence of the voiceless night,
When chas'd by dreams, the slumbers flee,
Whom, in the darkness, do I seek,
O God, but Thee?
For, O! in spite of constant care,
Or aught beside, how joyfully
I pass that solitary hour,
My God, with Thee!
More tranquil than the stilly night,
More peaceful than the voiceless hour,
Supremely blest, my bosom lies
Beneath Thy pow'r.
For what on earth can I desire,
Of all it hath to offer me?
Or whom in heaven do I seek,
O God, but Thee?