Hushed Was the Evening Hymn
VERSE 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.
VERSE 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.
VERSE 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.
VERSE 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.
VERSE 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 child like eyes
Truths
that are hidden from the wise.
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