Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: I come to thee tonight
Topic: Times and Seasons
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Hastings
Meter: PM
Tune: I Come to Thee
Hymn Number: 819
Page Number: 312, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI come to thee to-night,
In my lone clos-et, where no eye can see,
And dare to crave an in-terview with thee,
Fa-ther of love and light.
Softly the moon beams shine
On the still branches of the shadowy trees,
While all sweet sounds of evening on the breeze
Steel thro' the slumbering vine.
Thou gavest the calm repose
That rests on all; the air, the birds, the flower,
The hu-man spir-it in its wea-ry hour,
Now at the bright day's close.
Father! my soul would be
Pure as the drops of eve's unsullied dew-
And as the stars whose nightly course is true,
So would I be to thee.
Not for myself alone
Would I the blessings of thy love implore;
But for each penitent the wide earth o'er,
Whom thou hast called thine own.
And for my heart's best friends,
Whose steadfast kindness o'er my painful years
Has watched, to soothe affliction's griefs and tears,
My warmest prayer ascends.
And now, O Father! take
The heart I cast with humble faith on thee,
And cleanse its depths from each impurity,
For my Redeemer's sake.