| A hymn written by J. D. Burns | |
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(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) 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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(3) Oh, give me Samuel's ear,The open ear, O Lord! Alive and quick to hear Each wintered of Thy Word: Like him to answer at Thy call, And to obey Thee first of all. |
(4) 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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(5) 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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