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Text:Savior, Breathe An Evening Blessing
Author:James Edmeston
Tune:ARUNDEL
Composer:John B. Dykes, 1823-1876

577. Savior, Breathe An Evening Blessing

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

2 Tho' destruction walk around us,
Tho' the arrows past us fly,
Angel-guards from Thee surround us;
We are safe, if Thou art nigh.

3 Tho' the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from Thee;
Thou art He who, never weary,
Watcheth where Thy people be.

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

Text Information
First Line: Savior, breathe an evening blessing
Title: Savior, Breathe An Evening Blessing
Author: James Edmeston (1820)
Meter: 8 7 8 7
Language: English
Publication Date: 1930
Topic: Evening
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: ARUNDEL
Composer: John B. Dykes, 1823-1876
Meter: 8 7 8 7
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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