Here’s a song which deeply influenced me as a young Christian 50 years ago!

God is waiting in the silence

For a heart that he can fill;

He must find it cleansed and empty,

With a spirit calm and still.

Chorus:

God is waiting in the silence,

Oh, to know that He is near!

Earth recedes and heaven opens,

God is waiting, God is here.

God is waiting in the silence,

Mid the rush and roar of life;

Waiting someone’s heart to enter,

Someone quiet in the strife.

God is waiting in the silence,

As the world goes rushing by;

Will not someone stop and listen,

Answer quickly, “Here am I”?

Words: Oswald J. Smith Music: B. D. Ackley

Copyright 1939 by the Rodeheaver Co.

(From Favourite Gospel Songs No. 8, Marshall Morgan & Scott)