The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#647

647. Hear our prayer, O Heavenly Father

1 Hear our prayer, O Heavenly Father,
Ere we lay us down to sleep;
Bid Thine angels pure and holy,
Round our bed their vigils keep.

2 Heavy though our sins, Thy mercy
Far outweighs them every one;
Down before the cross we cast them,
Trusting in thy help alone.

3 Keep us through this night of peril
Safe beneath its sheltering shade;
Take us to Thy rest, we pray Thee,
When our pilgrimage is made.

4 None can measure out Thy patience
By the span of human thought;
None can bound the tender mercies
Which Thy holy Son has bought.

5 Pardon all our past transgressions,
Give us strength for days to come;
Guide and guard us with Thy blessing,
Till Thine angles bear us home.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Hear our prayer, O Heavenly Father
• Title: Hear our prayer, O Heavenly Father
• Author: Harriett Parr (1856)
• Meter: 8.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: Home and Personal Use
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune name in index: ST. GREGORY

Tune Information

• Name: [Hear our prayer, O Heavenly Father]
• Composer: G. M. Garrett, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: 8.7.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.