609. Hushed Was the Evening Hymn

1 Hushed was the evening hymn,
the temple courts were dark,
the lamp was burning dim
before the sacred ark,
when suddenly a voice divine
rang through the silence of the shrine.

2 The old man, meek and mild,
the priest of Israel, slept;
his watch, the temple-child,
the little Levite, kept;
and what from Eli's sense was sealed,
the Lord to Hannah's son revealed.

3 O give me Samuel's ear!
The open ear, O Lord,
alive and quick to hear
each whisper of thy word;
like him to answer at thy call,
and to obey thee first of all.

4 O give me Samuel's heart!
A lowly heart that waits
where in thy house thou art,
or watches at thy gates
by day and night, a heart that still
moves at the breathing of thy will.

5 O give me Samuel's mind!
A sweet, unmurm'ring faith,
obedient and resigned
to thee in life and death,
that I may read with childlike eyes
truths that are hidden from the wise.

Text Information
First Line: Hushed was the evening hymn
Title: Hushed Was the Evening Hymn
Author: James Drummond Burns (1856)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Scripture:
Topic: Invitation and Response; Commitment; Conversion (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SAMUEL
Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan (1874)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.
Key: D Major



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