“Be Still,” Ensign, Dec. 1976, 5
Be Still
Be quiet, fractious children, boys
And girls agog, young folk self-willed!
Abstracted fathers, back to poise!
Distracted mothers, peace—be stilled!
Be still within! By car, by air,
Through daily fretting, nightly pain,
At birth or death, yet still his care,
Be calm: receive the Lord again.
Be still and know … How else to know
That joy in husband, child and wife;
In sister, brother, friend? or grow
Our meanings from the seed of life?
How else to feel at one with all
The Lord’s creation, worm and star,
The whirlwind and the waterfall
The center linking near and far?
Like Mary, choose the better part:
Sit down as by him, ease your load;
Commune as with him, heart to heart.
Be still; and know that he is God.
But now, be Martha: rise once more,
Prepare the supper, sweep the floor,
And trim the lamp; now, work your fill—
The bridegroom’s at the gate. Be still!