The Hymnbook ‎#54

54. Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing

1 Saviour, breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our spirits seal;
Sin and want we come confessing:
Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal.

2 Though destruction walk around us,
Though the arrow past us fly,
Angel guards from Thee surround us:
We are safe if Thou art nigh.

3 Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from Thee;
Thou art He who, never weary,
Watchest where Thy people be.

4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us,
And our couch become our tomb,
May the morn in heaven awake us,
Clad in light and deathless bloom.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Saviour, breathe an evening blessing
• Title: Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing
• Author: James Edmeston (1820)
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Psalm 91:11-12
  ;
  Psalm 91:5-6
• Topic: Christ: Strength and Refuge; Evening; Life Everlasting, The; Worship: Evening

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING PRAYER (Stebbins)
• Composer: George C. Stebbins (1878)
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7.
• Key: B♭ Major