170 (XXII.--"Die Nacht ist kommen.")
170.
Original Tune.
Die Nacht ist kommen
B. Brethren Now God be with us, for the night is closing; The light and darkness are of His disposing, And 'neath His shadow here to rest we yield us, For he will shield us. | Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us; Till morning cometh, watch, O Master, o'er us; In soul and body Thou from harm defend us, Thine angels send us. | Let pious thoughts be ours when sleep o'ertakes us, Our earliest thoughts be Thine when morning wakes us; All day serve Thee, in all that we are doing Thy praise pursuing. | As Thy beloved soothe the sick and weeping, And bid the captive lose his griefs in sleeping; Widows and orphans, we to Thee commend them, Do Thou befriend them. | We have no refuge; none on earth to aid us, Save Thee, O Father, who Thine own hast made us; But Thy dear presence will not leave them lonely, Who seek Thee only. | Father, Thy name be praised, Thy kingdom given, Thy will be done on earth as 'tis in heaven Keep us in life, forgive our sins, deliver Us now and ever.--Amen. | |