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Calm me, my God, and keep me calm,

by Horatius Bonar

Representative text

As printed in The Church Hymnal (1941), no. 334 — the newest hymnal carrying it.

Verse 1

Calm me, my God, and keep me calm, Reclining on Thy breast; Soothe me with holy hymn and psalm, And bid my spirit rest.

Verse 2

Yes, keep me calm, though loud and rude The sounds my ear that greet, Calm in the closet's solitude, Calm in the bustling street.

Verse 3

Calm in the hour of buoyant health, Calm in the hour of pain, Calm in my poverty or wealth, Calm in my loss or gain.

Verse 4

Calm in the sufferance of wrong, Like Him who bore my shame; Calm 'mid the threatening, taunting throng. Who hate Thy holy name.

Verse 5

Calm as the ray of sun or star, Which storms assail in vain, Moving unruffled through earth's war, Th' eternal calm to gain.

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