The New Christian Hymnal ‎#48

48. Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing

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

2 Tho' destruction walk around us,
Tho' the arrows past us fly;
Angel-guards from Thee surround us,
We art safe if Thou art nigh.

3 Tho' the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from Thee;
Thou are 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 heav'n awake us,
Clad in bright and deathless bloom.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Savior, breathe an evening blessing
• Title: Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing
• Author: James Edmeston (1820)
• Meter: 8 7 8 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1929
• Topic: God In Nature: Evening
• Copyright: © 1919 by Geo. C. Stebbins. Renewal. Hope Publishing Co., owner
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING PRAYER
• Composer: Geo. C. Stebbins (1878)
• Meter: 8 7 8 7
• Incipit: 56655 11716 55676
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: © 1919 by Geo. C. Stebbins. Renewal. Hope Publishing Co., owner
• Notes: Now Public Domain