A still small voice.
1 Kings 19:12
Words: A. Sindell Petterson, in United Praise, edited by Edmund S. Lorenz & Ira B. Wilson (New York: Lorenz & Company, 1908), number 77.
Music: Charles H. Gabriel (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Petterson’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Do you feel a strange longing
Within your soul today?
Would you find the straight and narrow way?
Does a voice seem to whisper,
My son, give Me thy heart
?
Then the time has come for choosing
The better part.
Refrain
’Tis the still small voice
Of the Savior calling,
Calling, calling, calling, Come to Me
;
Many years, Lord, I’ve heard Thee,
I will no more delay;
Thou shalt call in vain no longer,
I now obey.
It would profit you nothing,
Tho’ all the world you gain,
If in selfish sin you still remain;
All its pomp and its glory,
Your soul can never save;
It will vanish at the portals,
The silent grave.
Refrain
Are you weak, heavy laden,
By sin and woe oppressed?
Hear Him say, Come unto Me and rest
;
Come, oh, come to the Savior,
You will not be denied,
If you bring as plea for pardon
The Crucified.
Refrain