The Christian — Family Devotion

Glory to thee, my God, this night

No. 543
Metre L. M.
Words Thomas Ken.
Singing key B♭ major
5 stanzas

Sung to HEBRON (hymn 538)

Words

Glory to thee, my God, this night,For all the blessings of the light;Keep me, O mighty King of kings,Beneath the shadow of thy wings,

Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,The ills which I this day have done;That with the world, myself, and thee,I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

Be thou my Guardian while I sleep;Thy watchful station near me keep;My heart with love celestial fill,And guard me from the approach of ill.

Lord, let my heart forever shareThe bliss of thy paternal care;'Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above,To see thy face and sing thy love.

Teach me this fleeting life to live,So that the grave no dread shall give;Teach me to die, so that I mayWith joy behold the Judgment day.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «543» (large) in the left column of p. 179, under hymn 542, with the reference line «538, 212, 301.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 538 HEBRON, 212 PARK STREET or 301 ROCKINGHAM, L. M.; no meter is printed — the four lines of 8 syllables are L. M., like the referenced tunes). Stanzas 1–4 fill the rest of the left column; stanza 5 opens the right column («5 Teach me this fleeting life to live,»). Stanzas numbered «1»–«5» without periods (written «1.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); all lines flush. The first word «GLORY» is set in a capital and small capitals; written «Glory». «Thomas Ken.» in italics after stanza 5 (right column). The print sets a thin space before «;» («light ;», «done ;», «sleep ;», «keep ;», «care ;», «give ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («'Tis», «'tis»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.