A Prayer Book for Soldiers and Sailors

by Episcopal Church. Army and Navy Commission

My weary eyelids gently steep,

Be my last thought, how sweet to rest

For ever on my Saviour’s breast.

3 Abide with me from morn till eve,

For without thee I cannot live;

Abide with me when night is nigh,

For without thee I dare not die.

4 If some poor wandering child of thine

Have spurned to-day the voice divine,

Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;