Savior, breathe an evening blessing Ere repose our spirits seal Sin and want we come confessing Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal
Tho' destruction walk around us Tho' the arrow past us fly Angel guards from Thee surround us We are safe if Thou art nigh
Tho' the night be dark and dreary Darkness cannot hide from Thee Thou art He who, never weary Watchest where Thy people be
Should swift death this night o’ertake us And our couch become our tomb May the morn in heaven awake us Clad in light and deathless bloom
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Alternate verses: Father, to thy holy keeping Humbly we ourselves resign Savior, who hast slept our sleeping Make our slumbers pure as thine
Blessed Spirit, brooding o’er us Chase the darkness of our night Till the perfect day before us Breaks in everlasting light
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