Hushed Was the Evening Hymn by Aletheia Burney

Christadelphian Hymn Book: Hymn 146
 
Words: James Drummond Burns (1823–64)
Music: Aletheia
Instruments and recording: Timon

1 Hushed was the ev’ning 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 Thy call,
And to obey Thee first of all.