1
Come let us sing an evening hymn
To calm our minds for rest,
And each one try, with single eye,
To praise the Savior best.
2
Yea, let us sing a sacred song
To close the passing day:
With one accord, call on the Lord,
And ever watch and pray.
3
O thank the Lord for grace and gifts,
Renew’d in latter days;
For truth and light, to guide us right,
In wisdom’s pleasant ways.
4
For ev’ry line we have receiv’d,
To turn our hearts above:
For ev’ry word, and ev’ry good,
That’s fill’d our souls with love.
5
O let us raise a holier strain,
For blessings great as ours,
And be prepar’d while angels guard
Us through our slumb’ring hours.
6
O may we sleep and wake in joy,
While life with us remains:
And then go home beyond the tomb,
Where peace forever reigns.