The Christian — Family Devotion

Giver and Guardian of our sleep

No. 550
Metre C. M.
Tune WARWICK.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music Samuel Stanley.
Key D major
Singing key C major
Time 4/2
4 stanzas

Words

Giver and Guardian of our sleep,To praise thy name we wake;Still, Lord, thy helpless servants keep,For thine own mercy's sake.

The blessings of another day,We thankfully receive;O may we only thee obey,And to thy glory live.

Uphold us with thy mighty hand;Our words and thoughts restrain;And bow our souls to thy command,Nor let our faith be vain.

Prisoners of hope, we wait the hourWhich shall salvation bring;When all we are shall own thy power,And call our Jesus King.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—FAMILY DEVOTION.»; hymn number «550» (large), tune name «WARWICK. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «Samuel Stanley.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one couplet per system, with «1.» before «Giv-». Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «724, 114, 179.» in italics (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 724, 114 or 179), numbered «2», «3», «4» without periods (written «2.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book). «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 4. Where the print sets a thin space before «;» (e.g. «restrain ;»), it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.