Hymn
Evening Prayer
Savior, breath 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 arrows 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,
Watcheth where Thy people be.
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.
Evening Prayer — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/evening-prayer
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Evening Prayer?
The words of Evening Prayer were written by James Edmeston; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 4 more hymns by James Edmeston, including Departing Missionaries and Little Travelers Zionward.
Is Evening Prayer public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from American Lutheran Hymnal, published in 1930. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Evening Prayer?
Evening Prayer is in 8.7.8.7 D. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken, Lord, With Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee and Take Me, O My Father, Take Me.