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Text:Be Still, My Soul! for God Is Near!
Author:William D. MacLagan
Tune:MONTGOMERY
Composer (attributed to):John Stanley
Media:MIDI file

658. Be Still, My Soul! for God Is Near!

1. Be still, my soul! for God is near!
The great High Priest is with thee now;
The Lord of life Himself is near,
Before whose face the angels bow.

2. To make thy heart His lowly throne
Thy Savior God in love draws nigh;
He gives Himself unto His own,
For whom He once came down to die.

3. He pleads before the mercy-seat;
He pleads with God, He pleads for thee;
He gives thee bread from Heav’n to eat,
His flesh and blood in mystery.

4. I come, O Lord! for Thou dost call—
To blend my pleading prayer with Thine;
To Thee I give myself—my all,
And feed on Thee and make Thee mine.

Text Information
First Line: Be still, my soul! for God is near
Title: Be Still, My Soul! for God Is Near!
Author: William D. MacLagan (ca. 1873)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Source: Godfrey Thring's Collection, 1882 for St. Mary's, Newington
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: MONTGOMERY
Composer (attributed to): John Stanley (ca. 1760)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Incipit: 11566 54321 55321
Key: D Major
Source: Call's The Tunes & Hymns as They Are Used at the Magdalen Chapel, circa 1760
Copyright: Public Domain



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