68 QUAKER ASPECTS OF TRUTH 



vocal utterance shall be prompted by the Spirit of God. 

 But, whether to us be given the ministry of speech or 

 the ministry of silence, upon one and all alike rests the 

 responsibility of offering up to God an acceptable 

 sacrifice of prayer and praise* Nor will our meetings 

 for worship ever be thoroughly appreciated by those 

 who do not rise to this responsibility. 



In our quiet meetings you may not hear much 

 eloquence of speech, but you shall feel the eloquence of 

 silence* You may not join in the harmony of hymns, 

 but you shall join in the harmony of hearts, and you shall 

 know what it is to have your own hearts attuned responsive 

 to the divine harmonies of Heaven* Aye ! and more 

 than that — you too, shall become seers, and, by the 

 Divine Light of an ever-living and ever-present 

 Redeemer, you shall see right through all shows and 

 shams and the external appearance of things, and realise 

 for yourselves more and more of the reality of God's 

 Eternal Truth and Love* 



