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Text:An Evening Prayer
Author:C. Maude Battersby, 1856-1932
Tune:EVENING
Composer:Charles Gabriel, 1856-1932

357. An Evening Prayer

1 If I have wounded any soul today,
If I have caused one foot to go astray,
If I have walked in my own willful way,
Dear Lord, forgive!

2 If I have uttered idle words or vain,
If I have turned aside from want or pain,
Lest I offend some other through the strain,
Dear Lord, forgive!

3 If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold,
If I have longed for shelter in the fold,
When Thou hast given me some fort to hold,
Dear Lord, forgive!

4 Forgive the sins I have confessed to Thee;
Forgive the secret sins I do not see;
O guide me, love me, and my keeper be.
Amen.

Text Information
First Line: If I have wounded any soul today
Title: An Evening Prayer
Author: C. Maude Battersby, 1856-1932
Meter: 10 10 10 4
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Scripture:
Topic: Grace, Mercy, and Forgiveness; Guidance; Holiness and Purity (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: EVENING
Composer: Charles Gabriel, 1856-1932
Meter: 10 10 10 4
Key: A♭ Major



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