The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#568

568. 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 thro' 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 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.

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.

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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Hushed was the evening hymn
• Title: Hushed was the evening hymn
• Author: Rev. James D. Burns (1856)
• Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: For Children
• Notes: Tune name in index: EVENING HYMN

Tune Information

• Name: [Hushed was the evening hymn]
• Composer: Sir Arthur S. Sullivan, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.
• Key: D Major