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Text:To Thee, O Christ, We Ever Pray
Author:Rev. Samuel W. Duffield
Tune:[To thee, O Christ, we ever pray]
Composer:Mendelssohn

55. To Thee, O Christ, We Ever Pray

1 To thee, O Christ, we ever pray,
And blend our prayer with tears:
Thou pure and holy One, alway
Protect our night of years!

2 Our hearts shall be at rest in thee,
In sleep they dream thy praise;
And to thy glory faithfully
They hail the coming days.

3 Give us a life that cannot fail!
Refresh our spirits then;
Let blackest night before thee pale;
And bring thy light to men.

4 Our vows in song we pay thee still,
And, at this evening hour,
May all that we have purposed ill
Be right thro' perfect power.

Text Information
First Line: To thee, O Christ, we ever pray
Title: To Thee, O Christ, We Ever Pray
Author: Rev. Samuel W. Duffield
Language: English
Publication Date: 1898
Topic: Devotional
Tune Information
Name: [To thee, O Christ, we ever pray]
Composer: Mendelssohn
Key: G Major or modal



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