Hushed Was the Evening Hymn

Hushed was the evening hymn

Author: James Drummond Burns (1856)
Tune: SAMUEL (Sullivan)
Published in 234 hymnals

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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 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 yhy 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;
ny 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 child-like eyes
truths that are hidden from the wise.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #18

Author: James Drummond Burns

Burns, James Drummond, M.A., was born at Edinburgh, February 18, 1823. He studied and graduated M.A. at the University of Edinburgh. In 1845 he became Free Church minister of Dunblane, but resigned through failing health, in 1848, and took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Funchal, Madeira. In 1855 he became minister of Hampstead Presbyterian Church, London. Died at Mentone, Nov. 27, 1864, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery, London. His hymns appeared in:— (l) The Vision of Prophecy: and other Poems (Edin., Edmonston and Douglas). This was originally published in 1854, and enlarged in 1858. The Poems are distinguished by vivid colouring and poetic imagination, along with directness, delicacy of execution, pensive sweetness, and t… Go to person page >

Notes

Hushed was the evening hymn. J.D. Burns. [The Child Samuel.] Published in his Evening Hymn (a small book of Prayers and Hymns), 1857, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines. It is one of the most popular of the author's hymns, is very tender, and worthy of the position to which it has attained.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Religious Education Music Manual #d55

Sacred Songs and Solos #584

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d182

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School and Parish Hymnal #185

Select Hymns and Carols #d25

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #518

Sing Unto the Lord #d50

Sing-a-story #d2

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Singing on the Way #140

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Songs for Sunday Schools #133

Songs of Light #40

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #270

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #270

Songs of Praise for Schools #d37

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Songs of Praise #95

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Songs of the New Life #73

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Sowing and Reaping #117

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Spicy Breezes #59

Standard Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #d97

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Sun-Shine Songs #123

Sunday School Hymnal #d167

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Sunday School Hymnal #192

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Sursum Corda #496

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The Abingdon Hymnal #79

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The American Hymnal #83

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #588

The Baptist Hymnal #588

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d246

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The Beacon Hymnal #196

The Best Loved Hymns and Prayers of the American People #139a

The Book of Common Praise #d223

The Book of Common Praise #712

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The Book of Common Praise #700

The Book of Praise #806

The Canadian Hymnal #392

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The Canadian Hymnal #392

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The Carol #72a

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The Chapel Hymnal with Tunes #199

The Chapel Service Book #d68

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The Children's Book of Hymns #31

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The Children's Hymn Book #247

The Children's Hymnal (with tunes) #d96

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The Children's Hymnal with Tunes #142

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The Church and School Hymnal #272

The Church Hymnal #d159

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The Church Hymnal #568

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The Church Hymnal #428

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The Church Hymnary #606

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The Church Porch #173

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The Church Porch #173

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The Church School Hymnal with Tunes #6

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The Churchman's Treasury of Song #235

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The Congregational Mission Hymnal #82

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The Cyber Hymnal #2660

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The Day School Hymn Book #36

The Evangelical Church School Hymnal #d101

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The Evangelical Hymnal #495

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #577

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The Excelsior Hymnal #137

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #288

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #288

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The Golden Hymn Book #357

The Hill School Hymnal and Service Book #d86

The Home and School Hymnal #186

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The Hymnal #700

The Hymnal for Schools #d65

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The Hymnal for Schools #146

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The Hymnal for Young People #136

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The Hymnal #364

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The Hymnal #359

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The Hymnal #699

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The Hymnal #700

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The Hymnal #568

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #211

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #211

The Hymns from the Children's Hymnal; with a Service, for Sunday Schools #d97

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #172

The Junior Methodist Hymnal #d46

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The King's Praises #28

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #848

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #674

The Methodist Hymnal #451

The Methodist Hymnal #451

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The Methodist Hymnal #674

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The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal #173

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The Modern Hymnal #196

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The Morning Hour #79

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The New Baptist Praise Book #472

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The New Baptist Praise Book #472

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The New Canadian Hymnal #367

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The New Canadian Hymnal #367

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The New Children's Hymnal #235

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The New Christian Hymnal #374

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The New Cokesbury Hymnal #262

The New Era of Song #d52

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