12 November 2019
MASTER, SPEAK! THY SERVANT HEARETH
Lyrics: Frances Ridley Havergal
Music: Lowell Mason
Master, speak! Thy servant heareth,
? Waiting for Thy gracious word,
Longing for Thy voice that cheereth
? Master, let it now be heard.
I am list’ning, Lord, for Thee;
What hast Thou to say to me?
Often through my heart is pealing
? Many another voice than Thine,
Many an unwilled echo stealing
? From the walls of this Thy shrine.
Let Thy longed-for accents fall;
Master, speak! and silence all.
Master, speak! though least and lowest,
? Let me not unheard depart;
Master, speak! for oh, Thou knowest
? All the yearning of my heart.
Knowest all its truest need;
Speak! and make me blest indeed.
Master, speak! and make me ready,
? When Thy voice is truly heard,
With obedience glad and steady,
? Still to follow every word
I am listening, Lord, for Thee:
Master, speak, oh, speak to me!
Speak to me by name, O Master,
? Let me know it is to me;
Speak, that I may follow faster,
? With a step more firm and free,
Where the Shepherd leads the flock
In the shadow of the Rock!
(Source: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/808)?
BAYO AFOLARANMI