Evening Hymn (Evening Thank-Offering)

Through the changes of the day
     Kept by Thy sustaining power,
Offerings of thanks we pay,
     Father! in this evening hour;
Praises to Thy name belong,
     Source and Giver of our good!
And though feeble is our song,
     It shall speak our gratitude.

From the dangers which have frowned—
     From the snares in secret set—
We have, through Thy mercy, found
     Safety and deliverance yet!
And Thy loving-kindness hath
     All the day to us been shown,
While profusely on our path
     Richest blessings have been strown!

SPIRIT! who hast been our light,
     And the Guardian of our way—
Let Thy mercy and Thy might
     Keep us for another day!
O’er our sleep, with sleepless eye,
     Watch, and sweet shall be out rest;
And, when Morning gilds the sky,
     Our awaking shall be blest!

Like the breath which stains the glass
     For a moment, and is gone,
Thus, oh God! our life doth pass,
     While the night of Death comes on—
Let us, then, in wisdom spend
     All the moments as they flee,
So when life and labor end,
     We may fall asleep in Thee!