The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#592

592. Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing

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

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

3 Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from Thee;
Thou are He who, never weary,
Watchest where Thy people be.

4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us,
And our couch become our tomb,
May the morn in heaven awake us,
Clad in bright and deathless bloom.

AMEN.

Text Information

• First Line: Saviour, breathe an evening blessing
• Title: Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing
• Author: James Edmeston (1820)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Closing and Vesper Hymns

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING PRAYER
• Composer: George C. Stebbins (1878)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Key: B♭ Major