Worship in Song ‎#142

142. '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 within;

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.

Text Information

• First Line: 'Mid all the traffic of the ways
• Title: 'Mid All the Traffic of the Ways
• Author: John Oxenham (1917)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Angels; God's Presence; Grace; Prayer; Quietness; Silence; Sin; Solitude
• Copyright: Used by permission of D. Dunkerley
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. AGNES
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1866)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6.
• Key: G Major