Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Dread Sov'reign let my evening song
Topic: Evening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 261
Page Number: 221, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDread, Sov'reign let my evening song,
Like holy incense rise;
Assist the off'ring of my tongue,
To reach the lofty skies.
Thro' all the dangers of the day,
Thy hand was still my guard;
And still, to drive my wants away
Thy mercy stood prepar'd.
Perpetual blessings from above
Encompass'd me around;
But O how few returns of love
Hath my Creator found!
What have I done for him that di'd
To save my wretched soul;
How are my follies multipli'd,
Fast as my moments roll!
Lord with this guilty soul of mine,
To thy dear cross I flee;
And to thy grace my soul resign,
To be renew'd by thee.
Sprinkled afresh with pard'ning blood,
I lay me down to rest,
As in th' embraces of my God,
Or on my Saviour's breast.