Hymn 27
Father, breathe an evening blessing
1
Father, breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our spirits seal;
Sin and want we come confessing
Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal
2
Though the night be dark and dreary
Darkness cannot hide from Thee;
Thou art He, who never weary
Watchest where Thy people be
3
Though destructon walk around us,
Though the arrow past us fly,
Angel-guards from Thee surround us
We are safe, if Thou art nigh
4
Never fail us nor forsake us:
May sweet sleep our strength renew
And the fresh’ning mom awake us
Thy lov’d service to pursue
5
Father to Thy holy keeping
Humbly we ourselves resign;
Saviour, who hast slept our sleeping
Make our slumbers pure as Thine
6
Blessed Spirit, brooding o’er us,
Chase the darkness of our night
Till the perfect day before us
Breaks in everlasting light