Author unknown

.

If the shut-ins all united

In one voice of common prayer,

What a ceaseless shower of blessings

Should be falling everywhere!

.

Tho’ so weak and oft times helpless,

They can wield a mighty power,

Lifting up their souls petition

To the Savior hour by hour.

.

They can importune the Father

From the “Secret Place” and then

In the quiet and the stillness,

They can hear Him speak to them.

.

Never soldier in fierce conflict

Could a higher honor bring

Than the shut-in who’s performing

“Secret Service for the King.”

.

This poem was appended to Chapter 21 of the book

“Stonewall” Jackson’s Chaplain: Beverly Tucker Lacy

by H. Rondel Rumburg