Wartburg Hymnal ‎#61

61. 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 destruction walk around us,
Though the arrows 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,
Watches 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Savior, breathe an evening blessing
• Author: J. Edmeston
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: Evening
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune: EVENING PRAYER

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