a goodly heritage
Why are these old hymn words coming to me tonight, I wonder? It could have been about the 1930's that I knew "Hushed was the evening hymn" was one of my Dad's favourites. Here are the last verses, which make me thankful for knowing him. >
> '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 unmurm'ring faith,
Obedient and resigned
To thee in life and death,
That I may read with childlike eyes
Truths that are hidden from the wise.'<
[words by James Drummond Burns, b. 1823 in Edinburgh.
Music - Sir Arthur Sullivan, b. 1842]
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The story >
from 1 Samuel 3. ESV >
* the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
* now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
* Eli: "if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant hears"
* Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
* So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him
* And [Eli] said, "It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him."
* And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him ... ... ...
> '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 unmurm'ring faith,
Obedient and resigned
To thee in life and death,
That I may read with childlike eyes
Truths that are hidden from the wise.'<
[words by James Drummond Burns, b. 1823 in Edinburgh.
Music - Sir Arthur Sullivan, b. 1842]
________________________________________________________
The story >
from 1 Samuel 3. ESV >
* the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
* now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
* Eli: "if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant hears"
* Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
* So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him
* And [Eli] said, "It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him."
* And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him ... ... ...