Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Glory to thee my God this night
Topic: Evening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 283
Page Number: 308, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGlory to thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light;
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath the shadow of thy wings.
Forgive me, Lord, thro' thy dear Son,
The ills that I this day have done;
That with the world, myself and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed;
Teach me to die, that so I may
Rise glorious at the awful day.
O let my soul in thee repose,
And with sweet sleep my eyelids close,
Sleep, that shall me more vig'rous make,
To serve my God, when I awake.
If in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply;
Let no vain dreams disturb my rest,
Nor pow'rs of darkness me molest.