In this lesson The Three Hearkens, The word “HEARKEN” is composed of two words, Hear and Ken; The one denotes the function of the ear; The other the function of the eye. So, when God, speaking through the prophet Isaiah, says to “hearken,” He is literally saying to the reader. “Listen and see what I am talking about.” Hearing and seeing are the two most acute, essential, and far-reaching senses with which our bodies are endowed. The word “hearken” expresses the united and concentrated powers of hearing and seeing, upon any one given thing. And when our God says to us, “Hearken!”, He means that all our capacity for looking and listening, all our powers of un-distracted attention, shall be centered upon the information He is about to share with us. Divine truth enters into us in proportion to the strength and continuity of our attention to it. We are to leave every receptive capacity open to God if we are to receive anything from Him.