Middle Verses

I love the hymns of my childhood.
In some churches I have attended, we sang only the first and last verses of  hymns. That always irked me, because often it was the middle verses that were filled with the most meaning. Imagine...leaving out the most important part of a poem or story! I am glad to say we sing all the verses at FBCW.
These are the middle verses of an old hymn we sang today, Oh Jesus I have Promised. 
It was written in the mid 1800s by a Church of England priest and vicar who knew the human heart.

Oh, let me feel Thee near me, the world is ever near. 
I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear.
My foes are ever near me, around me and within. 
But Jesus draw Thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin. 

Oh, let me hear Thee speaking, in accents clear and still.
Above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will.
Oh, speak to reassure me, to hasten, or control. 
Oh, speak, and make me listen, Thou Guardian of my soul.