Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#467

467. 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 art He, Who, never weary,
Watchest where Thy people be.

4 Be Thou nigh should death o’ertake us;
Jesus, then our Refuge be;
And in Paradise awake us,
There to rest in peace with Thee.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Saviour, breathe an evening blessing
• Author: James Edmeston (1820)
• Author (stanza 4): Godfrey Thring (1882)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: Evening
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING PRAYER
• Composer: George C. Stebbins (1878)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.