731. I. Divine Protection. 10.10.10.4. 'HE night is come, wherein at last we rest; THE God orders this and all things for the best! Beneath His blessing, fearless may we lie, Since He is nigh. 2. Drive evil thoughts and passions far away; 3. Let holy prayers and thoughts our latest be, 4. Give to the sick, as Thy beloved, sleep; 5. Father, Thy name be praised, Thy kingdom come: Thy will be wrought as in our heavenly home; Keep us in life, forgive our sins, deliver 732. Us now and ever! Amen. Hymn of the Bohemian Brethren. Evening Hymn. I. GLORY to Thee, my God, this night, For all the blessings of the light! Keep me, O keep me, King of kings! 2. The moments that to waste have run, L.M. 733. 3. O may my soul on Thee repose, And may sweet sleep my eyelids close: 4. Teach me to live that I may dread 5. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; An Evening Blessing. Thomas Ken. 8.7.8.7. I. SAVIOUR, breathe an evening blessing, Sin and want we come confessing; Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal. 2. Though destruction walk around us, 3. Though the night be dark and dreary, 4. Should swift death this night o'ertake us, May the heavenly morn awake us, J. Edmeston. 734. I. The Evening Hour. WEET evening hour, sweet evening hour! SWE That calms the air, and shuts the flower; The infant to its mother's breast. 2. O season of soft sound and hues, 3. Dear God, as earth recedes from sight, And call the fettered soul above, 4. Be with us in this evening time When feelings flow and wishes climb; L.M. H. F. Lyte. 735. The Evening Sacrifice. I. THE sun is sinking fast, Let love awake, and pay 2. As Christ upon the Cross And to His Father's hands His parting soul resigned, 6.4.6.6. 3. So now herself my soul Into His sacred charge, In whom all spirits live. 4. So now beneath His eye Without a wish or thought Abiding in the breast, 5. Save that His will be done, Dead to herself, and dead 6. Thus would I live, yet now In all His power and love All thanks, O Lord, to Thee! I pray Thee that offenceless The hours of dark may be. O Saviour, keep me in Thy sight, 2. The joys of day are over: I lift my heart to Thee; And call on Thee that sinless The hours of gloom may be. O Saviour, make their darkness light, 737. 3. The toils of day are over; I raise the hymn to Thee, The hours of fear may be : O Saviour, keep me in Thy sight, O God! for Thou dost know How many are the perils Through which I have to go. O gracious Saviour hear my call, St. Anatolius. Trans. J. M. Neale. Evening Praise. 7.7.7.7.4.7.7.7.4. I. DAY is dying in the west; Heaven is touching earth with rest : Wait and worship while the night Through all the sky. Holy, holy, holy, Lord! Heaven and earth are full of Thee! 2. Lord of life, beneath the dome Holy, holy, etc. 3. While the deepening shadows fall, Heart of Love, enfolding all, |