Make in my heart a quiet place

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

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

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; 

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. 

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