Hymn written by J. D. Burns |
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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.
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Old Eli, 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.
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Oh, 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.
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Oh, 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.
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Oh, give me Samuel's mind,
A sweet unmurmuring faith,
Obedient and resigned
To Thee in life and death,
That I may read with childlike eyes
Truths that are hidden from the wise.
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