Article January 31, 1931 Issue

Spiritual Stillness

ALICE S. HINKSON

In the hubbub of the busy work-a-day world, how often we see evidences of hurry! Restless energy, hasty judgment, impatient actions, all indicate a wrong manner of thinking. Is not the cultivation of spiritual stillness the great need of many to-day—that stillness whereof the poet says, "Let us labor for an inward stillness"?

A profound and beautiful Scriptural reference to this desirable quality is found in the Psalmist's admonition, "Be still, and know that I am God." How potent these simple words—"Be still"! What a sense of quietude, and also what a rebuke to haste and worry, they convey! And the assurance, "Know that I am God," inspires one to confide all to Him, the only real power.

Christ Jesus, our great Teacher, was ever governed by the stillness of spiritual understanding; and as a result he was able to heal the sick and the sinning, and to remain calm in the midst of hasty condemnation and tempestuous conditions. Otherwise, he could not have quieted the impetuous Peter with the tender command, "Put up again thy sword into his place," when Peter had allowed himself to vent his wrath on the servant of the high priest.

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