Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#49

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

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

4 Should swift death this night o’re-take us,
And our couch become our tomb,
May the morn of glory wake us,
Clad in light and deathless bloom.

Text Information

• First Line: Savior, breathe an evening blessing
• Title: Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing
• Author: James Edmeston (1791-1867) (1820)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Worship: Evening Worship

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING PRAYER
• Composer: George C. Stebbins (1846-1945) (1878)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.
• Incipit: 56655 11716 55676
• Key: A♭ Major