46 | The Hymnal#47 | 48 |
Text: | Saviour, breathe an evening blessing |
Author: | James Edmeston |
Tune: | EVENING PRAYER |
Composer: | George C. Stebbins |
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 | |
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First Line: | Saviour, breathe an evening blessing |
Author: | James Edmeston (1865) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | Times of Worship: Evening; Evening hymns; Worship: Evening |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EVENING PRAYER |
Composer: | George C. Stebbins (1878) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Copyright: | Copyright, 1919, by George C. Stebbins. Renewal, Hope Publishing Company, owner. |