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The Christian — Family Devotion

Saviour, breathe an evening blessing

  • No. 566
  • Metre 8s & 7s.
  • Tune Rathbun
  • Words James Edmeston.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Saviour, breathe an evening blessingEre repose our spirits seal;Sin and want we come confessing;Thou canst save, and thou canst heal.

2

Though destruction walk around us,Though the arrows past us fly,Angel guards from thee surround us;We are safe if thou art nigh.

3

Though the night be dark and dreary,Darkness cannot hide from thee;Thou art he, who, never weary,Watchest where thy people be.

4

Should swift death this night o'ertake us,And command us to the tomb,May the morn of glory wake us,Clad in bright, eternal bloom.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «566» (large) in the right column of p. 184, below «Anon.» of hymn 565, then in italics and brackets «[Tune, Rathbun, No. 41.]» (sing to the tune RATHBUN, hymn 41), then «8s & 7s.» in bold at the right. Four numbered stanzas of four lines, numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); the even lines are indented as printed. «James Edmeston.» in bold italics, right-aligned, at the end. The first word «SAVIOUR» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Saviour» here). The print sets a thin space before «;» («seal ;», «confessing ;», «us ;», «thee ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling («Saviour», «Watchest», «o'ertake»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Family Devotion · No. 566 · printed page 184
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01