SABBATH EVENING THOUGHTS by Isaac Morrison

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, November 18, 1884

SABBATH EVENING THOUGHTS.

By Isaac Morrison

BY ISAAC MORRISON.

To-night, O Lord, we come to thee, Our six days’ earthly labor done; Within ourselves no good we see, Nor can we for our faults atone.

We are but creatures of the dust; And only “Guilty” can we plead; But in thy name we fain would trust; Does not our Saviour intercede?

So oft in word and deed we’ve failed, Thy love we scarcely dare to claim; But thy compassion has prevailed, And brought us help in thy dear name

We long, O Lord, to taste thy grace, The blessing found in thee alone; By faith to gaze upon thy face, And all thy sweet forgiveness own.

Forgive the failings of the past, Blot out our sin and guilt and shame. And long as earthly trials last, Grant us a refuge in thy name.

We know that thou art good and kind; Thy nature, tenderness and love. And sins of heart and hand and mind Thy blood will evermore remove.

Dear Saviour, may we walk with thee, In sweet communion day by day, In peace earth’s blindness cannot see, Earth’s turmoil never take away.

Supported by thy loving arm, We fear not trials deep and sore. Be thou our refuge safe from harm, Till storms and conflicts are no more.