Deep Living
We love to spread our branches,
The root life we neglect;
We love to shine in public,
And human praise expect;
While in our inner chamber,
Where creature voices cease,
We may meet God in silence,
And breathe in heaven’s peace.
The secret of deep living
Lies in the secret place,
Where, time and sense forgotten,
We see God face to face,
Beyond mere forms and symbols,
Beyond mere words and signs,
Where, in that hidden temple,
The Light eternal shines.
- Anonymous -
