Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#221

221. 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. A-men.

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, 1791 - 1867
• Author: Godfrey Thring, 1823 - 1903
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church: Worship - Evening

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING PRAYER
• Composer: George Coles Stebbins, 1846 - 1945
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7.
• Key: B♭ Major