"He Held His Peace"

The day when Jesus stood alone
And felt the hearts of men like stone
And knew He came but to atone
That day “He held His Peace”

They witnessed falsely to His word,
They bound Him with a cruel cord,
And mockingly proclaimed Him Lord;
“But Jesus held His peace.”

They spat upon Him in the face,
They dragged Him on from place to place,
The heaped upon Him all disgrace;
“But Jesus held His peace.”

My friend, have you for far much less,
With rage which you called righteousness,
Resented slights with great distress?
Your savior “held His peace.”

From “Streams in the Desert”