A Call for Courage

I listened to my teacher’s voice

Each week in Primary,

Yet seldom stopped to think that she

Was talking right to me.

Then something happened when I heard

About Samuel on the wall;

It touched my heart how brave he was—

A prophet answering a call.

The message that he came to give

Was from the Lord Himself.

But the evildoers stopped their ears;

Their concern was more for pelf.

A time will come when I will preach

The truth of God’s holy word.

I pray that I—like Samuel of old—

Will have courage to be heard.