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Text:'Mid all the traffic of the ways
Author:John Oxenham
Tune:ST. AGNES
Composer:Rev. John B. Dykes

322. 'Mid all the traffic of the ways

1 ’Mid all the traffic of the ways—
Turmoils without, within—
Make in my heart a quiet place,
And come and dwell therein:

2 A little shrine of quietness,
All sacred to Thyself,
Where Thou shalt all my soul possess,
And I may find myself;

3 A little shelter from life’s stress,
Where I may lay me prone,
And bare my soul in loneliness,
And know as I am known;

4 A little place of mystic grace,
Of self and sin swept bare,
Where I may look upon Thy face,
And talk with Thee in prayer.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: 'Mid all the traffic of the ways
Author: John Oxenham (1917)
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: The Life In Christ: The Inner Life; Inner Life, The; Love and Communion (2 more...)
Copyright: Words from "The Vision Splendid," by John Oxenham. Used by permission of Messrs. Pinker and Morrison.
Tune Information
Name: ST. AGNES
Composer: Rev. John B. Dykes (1866)
Meter: C. M.
Key: G Major



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