Sweet Savior, Bless Us Ere We Go

Sweet Sav­ior! bless us ere we go;

Thy Word in­to our minds in­still

And make our luke­warm hearts to glow

With low­ly love and fer­vent will.

Through life’s long day and death’s dark night

O gen­tle Je­sus

be our light!

The day is done; its hours have run;

And Thou hast tak­en count of all—

The scan­ty tri­umphs grace hath won

The brok­en vow

the fre­quent fall.

Grant us

dear Lord! from ev­il ways

True ab­so­lution and re­lease;

And bless us

more than in past days

With pur­ity and in­ward peace.

Do more than par­don; give us joy

Sweet fear

and so­ber li­ber­ty

And sim­ple hearts with­out al­loy

That on­ly long to be like Thee.

Labor is sweet

for Thou hast toiled

And care is light

for Thou hast cared;

Ah! nev­er let our works be soiled

With strife

or by deceit en­snared.

For all we love

the poor

the sad

The sin­ful—un­to Thee we call;

O let Thy mer­cy make us glad:

Thou art our Je­sus

and our All!

Sweet Sav­ior! bless us; night is come;

Through night and dark­ness near us be;

Good an­gels watch about our home

And we are one day near­er Thee!