Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing

Verse 1

MY LORD, breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our spirits seal; ;
Sin and want we come confessing,
Thou canst save and Thou canst heal.

Verse 1

Savior, breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our spirits seal;
Sin and want we come confessing,
Thou canst save and Thou canst heal.

Verse 3

Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness can-not hide from Thee; ;
Thou art He who, never weary,
Watchest where Thy people be.

Verse 2

Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness can-not hide from Thee;
Thou art He who, never weary,
Watchest where Thy people be.

Verse 2

Though destruction walk around us,
Though the arrows past us fly,
Angel guards from Thee surround us; ;
We are safe if Thou art nigh.

Verse 3

Though destruction walk around us,
Though the arrows past us fly,
Angel guards from Thee surround us;
We are safe if Thou art nigh.

Verse 4

Should swift death this night o'er-take us,
And command us to the tomb,
May the morn of glory wake us,
Clad in bright eternal bloom.

Verse 4

Should swift death this night o'er-take us,
And our couch become our tomb,
May the morn in heaven wake us,
Clad in bright and deathless bloom.