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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.
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.
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.
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.
O 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.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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6 6 6 6 8 8
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Dates:
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1857
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Bible Refs:
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1 Sa 3:10;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1965 | # 361 | | 1962 | # 474 | | 1919 | # 617 | | 2000 | # 253 | | 1904 | # 584 | | 1922 | # 574 | | 1983 | # 523 | | 1964 | # 94 | | 1954 | # 848 | | | # 1148 | | | # 599 | | 1908 | # 700 | | 1938 | # 712 | | 1917 | # 2028 | | 1903 | # 357 | | 1916 | # 359 | | 1961 | # 655 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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SAMUEL (SULLIVAN)
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Meter:
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6 6 6 6 8 8
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1874
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 474 | D | | # 251 | D | | # 1148 | D | | # 523 | D | | # 848 | D | | # 94 | Db |
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