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Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing

Verse 1

Verse 1

Verse 1

Savior, breathe an evening blessing,

Ere repose our spirits seal;

Sin and want we come confessing;

Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal.

Verse 2

Verse 2

Verse 2

Though the night be dark and dreary,

Darkness cannot hide from Thee;

Thou art He who, never weary,

Watchest where Thy people be.

Verse 3

Verse 3

Verse 3

Though destruction walk around us.

Though the arrow past us fly,

Angel guards from Thee Surround us,

We are safe if Thou art nigh.

Verse 4

Verse 4

Verse 4

Should swift death this night o're-take us,

And our couch become our tomb,

May the morn of glory wake us,

Clad in light and deathless bloom.