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Hymns (1948, 1979),
no. 252
Hushed Was the Evening Hymn (Choir)
Hushed Was the Evening Hymn (Choir)
1. Hushed was the evening hymn;the temple courts were dark;The lamp was burning dimbefore the sacred ark;When suddenly a voice divinerang 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 heareach whisper of thy word,Like him to answer at thy calland to obey thee first of all.
4. O give me Samuel’s heart,A lowly heart, that waits,Wherein thy house thou artOr watches at thy gates,By day and night, a heart that stillMoves at the breathing of thy will!
5. O give me Samuel’s mind,A sweet unmurmuring faith,Obedient and resignedTo thee in life and death,That I may read with childlike eyes,Truths that are hidden from the wise!