God, who made the earth and heaven,
Darkness
and light:
You
the day for work have given,
For
rest the night.
May
Your angel guards defend us,
Slumber
sweet Your mercy send us,
Holy
dreams and hopes attend us
All
through the night.
2
And
when morn again shall call us
To
run life’s way,
May
we still, whate’er be fall us,
Your
will obey.
From
the pow’r of evil hide us,
In
the narrow pathway guide us,
Never
be Your smile denied us
All
through the day.
3
Guard
us waking, guard us sleeping,
And
when we die
May
we in Your mighty keeping
All
peaceful lie.
When
the trumpet call shall wake us,
Then,
O Lord, do not forsake us,
But
to reign in glory take us
With
You on high.
4
Holy
Father, throned in heaven,
All
holy Son,
Holy
Spirit, freely given,
Blest
Three in One:
Grant
us grace, we now implore You,
Till
we lay our crowns before You
And
in worries strains adore You
While
ages run.