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Text:Weary now I go to rest
Author:Luise Hensel
Translator:Rev. Emanuel Cronenwett
Tune:WITTHAUER

324. Weary now I go to rest

1 Weary now I go to rest,
Close my eyes, Lord, by Thee blest;
Father, let Thine eye instead
Watch and ward keep o'er my bed.

2 What I have done ill this day,
Lord, forgive it all, I pray;
Thy rich grace and Jesus' blood
Are my trust and highest good.

3 All who are akin to me,
Let them rest, Lord, safe in Thee;
All mankind, both great and small,
Do Thou kindly keep them all.

Text Information
First Line: Weary now I go to rest
Author: Luise Hensel (1829)
Translator: Rev. Emanuel Cronenwett (1880)
Meter: 7s. No. 4
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Catechism: Evening
Notes: Now Public Domain. From the German text: Muede bin ich, geh' zur Ruh'
Tune Information
Name: WITTHAUER
Meter: 7s. No. 4
Key: G Major
Source: Theodore Fliedner's Liederbuch, Kaiserswarth, 1842
Notes: Public Domain.



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