Oh Thou, whose never-sleeping eye <br />Regards us, night and day, <br />Whose watchful care is ever nigh, <br />To keep us in thy way; <br /> <br /> <br />We praise thy name; we bless thy love <br />That shields our souls from harm, <br />That leads our thoughts to soar above, <br />Where sins no more alarm. <br /> <br /> <br />Be with us through the gloomy night, <br />Till morn unbars her gates, <br />And from the East, the dawning light <br />The darkness dissipates. <br /> <br /> <br />And while through life we heedless stray, <br />Surrounded by thy care, <br />Oh keep us in the temp'rance way, <br />And save from every snare.<br /><br />John Pierpont<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/temperance-evening-hymn/
