Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Saviour breathe an evening blessing
Topic: Evening Hymns
Writer: J Edmeston
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: Sardis
Hymn Number: 572
Page Number: 205, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSAVIOUR! breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our eyelids seal;
Sin and want we come confessing;
Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal.
Though destruction walk around us,
Though the arrows past us fly,
Angel-guards from Thee surround us--
We are safe if Thou art nigh.
Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness can not hide from Thee;
Thou art He who, never weary,
Watcheth where Thy people be.
Should swift death this night o'ertake us,
And our couch become our tomb,
May the morn in heav'n awake us,
Clad in bright and deathless bloom.