Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Glory to thee my God this night
Topic: The Home/Evening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> Kenn
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1189
Page Number: 714, 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 thine own almighty wings.
Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
The ill which 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 thy judgment-day.
O let my soul on thee repose.
And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close;
Sleep, which shall me more vigorous make,
To serve my God when I awake.
Be thou my guardian, while I sleep,
Thy watchful station near me keep;
My heart with love celestial fill,
And guard me from th' approach of ill.
Lord, let my soul for ever share
The bliss of thy paternal care;
'T is heaven on earh, 't is heaven above,
To see thy face, and sing thy love!