Text: | Saviour, breathe an evening blessing |
Author: | James Edmeston |
Tune: | MIDDLETON |
Composer: | William Arnold |
1 Saviour, breath an evening blessing,
Ere repose our spirits seal;
Sin and want we come confessing,
Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal;
Though destruction walk around us,
Though the arrow past us fly,
Angel-guards from Thee surround us,
We are safe if Thou art nigh.
2 Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from Thee;
Thou art He who, never weary,
Watchest where Thy people be;
Should swift death this night o'ertake us,
And our couch become our tomb,
May the morn in heaven awake us,
Clad in light and deathless bloom.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Saviour, breathe an evening blessing |
Author: | James Edmeston (1820) |
Meter: | 8s, 7s, D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Christ: Savior; Evening; God: Defender(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MIDDLETON |
Composer: | William Arnold |
Meter: | 8s, 7s, D. |