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Hymn: Glory to thee my God this night (FL)

Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns

Date: 1818

Compiler: Rice Haggard

Publisher/Printer: John Norvell

First Line: Glory to thee my God this night

Topic: Evening Hymns

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 195

Page Number: 187, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Glory 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, in thy dear Son,

The ills that I this day have done;

That with the world, myself and thee,

I, ere I sleep, 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 heaven'ly thoughts supply

Let no vain dreams disturb my rest,

Nor powers of darkness me molest.