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Hymn 21

Savior, breathe an evening blessing

K’a to sùn, Olugbala wa

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Meter 8.7.8.7 Orin Ale
  1. Savior, breathe an evening blessing
    Ere 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 arrow 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 our couch become our tomb,
    May the morn in heaven awake us,
    Clad in light and deathless bloom.

  5. Father, to thy holy keeping
    Humbly we ourselves resign;
    Savior, who hast slept our sleeping,
    Make our slumbers pure as thine

  6. Blessèd Spirit, brooding o’er us,
    Chase the darkness of our night,
    Till the perfect day before us
    Breaks in everlasting light. Amen.