A Quaker Model Of Worship

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

The worship of the Friends is rooted in silence. The people wait upon the Holy Spirit, who in the silence moves them in worship, where they meet God.

Introduction

In calm and cool and silence once again

I find my old accustomed place among

My brethren, where, perchance no human tongue

Shall utter words; where never hymn is sung,

Nor deep-toned organ blown, nor censer swung.

Nor dim light falling through the pictured pane!

There, syllabled by silence, let me hear

The still small voice which reached...

 

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