All Believer Hymn Book

Hymn 317 MASTER, SPEAK! Lyrics

1. Master, speak! Thy servant heareth,
Waiting for Thy gracious word,
Longing for Thy voice that cheereth,
Master, let it now be heard.
I am listening, Lord for Thee;
What hast Thou to sat to me?

2. 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.

3. Master, speak! Though least and lowset.
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.

4. 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

5. 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 shadows of the rock!