Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Be Still My Soul

 

"Be still and know that I am God."
Psalm 46: 10


Olympic Champion
Eric Henry Liddell
(1902-1945)


Be still my soul; the Lord is on thy side;

Bear patiently the cross of grief and pain;

Leave to thy God to order and provide;

In every change He faithful will remain.


Be still my soul; thy best thy heavenly Friend

Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still my soul; thy God doth undertake

To guide the future as He has the past.


Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;

All now mysterious shall be bright at last.

Be still my soul; the waves and winds still know

His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.


Be still my soul; the hour is hastening on

When we shall be forever with the Lord,

When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,

Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.


Be still my soul; when change and tears are past,

All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Be still, my soul; begin the song of praise

On earth, believing, to Thy Lord on high;


Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,

So shall He view thee with a well pleased eye.

Be still, my soul; the sun of life divine

Through passing clouds,

Shall but more brightly shine.

Amen.


"Be Still My Soul"
(1752)
Katharina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel 
(1697-1768)
German hymn writer
Translated from German to English by
Jane Laurie Borthwick
(1813-1897)
Scottish-born translator, who, along with
her sister, Sarah Findlater (1823-1907)
produced a book of translations of German hymns
entitled, "Hymns from the Land of Luther"
(1854, 1855, 1858, & 1862)

"Be Still My Soul" was a favorite hymn of
Eric Liddell, the Scottish athlete who became famous
during the 1924 Olympic games for refusing to run
on the Sabbath.  Mr. Liddell later became a missionary
to China and died in the Japanese operated Weixian
Internment Camp  in Weifang, Shandong, China
during the Second World War.

Eric Liddell's life story was re-told in the 1981
 Academy Award-winning movie,
"Chariots Of Fire"





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