The Song Book of the Salvation Army ‎#839

839. 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 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Hushed was the evening hymn
• Author: James Drummond Burns (1823-64)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: The young salvationist: Childhood

Tune Information

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