What Samuel Saw
A young and gentle servant born to be a man of God
To bear the message of the cross wherever he may trod
The cross that lay before him everyday as he would pray
Within the temple of the Lord where he would choose to stay
Communing with his Saviour Who would be the Lamb of God
To die the greatest Sacrifice to walk upon this sod
As on the altar of the earth His blood would flow for them
Who chose to lay aside their all to be as one with Him
And once upon that altar He would die for all our sin
Upon His resurrection a new work would there begin
When once He gave commission to the ones He left behind
His Spirit would indwell them to impart the Saviour's mind
For when He rose to heaven to that Holy Place above
Clean washed of all our sinfulness through His undying love
He entered to a new work in His special ministry
Officiating as the Priest that He was born to be
As each day at the altar of the shewbread up on high
He faithfully administered those needs for which we cry
To feed us as His people from the bounties of His hand
That every child of promise would have just what He had planned
And from there to the candlestick that bears the Light of Him
Who came when Jesus left the earth as He had promised them
To be their Guide and Comforter that they might never lose
The Light that comes from heaven if God's Way is what we choose
And then before the altar of the incense He would pray
His prayers for intercession for His children in the Way
That all their prayers for cleansing and for grace might be fulfilled
Through merits of the Sacrifice and blood that Jesus spilled
But when the time for cleansing of the temple up on high
Foretold by all the prophesies of Daniel by and by
Was to be met in heaven Christ would move to take His place
Inside that place Most Holy Son of Man before God's face
To be our Judge and jury and our Advocate on high
That those who would confess His name might live and never die
When in the clouds of glory He will come to call His own
Who faithfully gave all they had to make His life their own
1 Samuel 1:15-18, 26-28; 2:18, 26; 3:19; Hebrews 3:1; 5:5-9; Romans 14:10; 1 John 2:1-3