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GRANT US THY PEACE

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 8, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 19.

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GRANT US THY PEACE.

By Emily Appleton Wade

FAR in the west the day is slowly fading, Dark grow the shadows of the evening hours; Sweet o’er the senses steal the zephyrs, laden With the soft fragrance of the drooping flowers. Grant us thy peace.
All through the day our erring steps have wandered Far from the paths thy sacred feet have trod; With broken vows and precious moments squandered, On humble knee we pray to thee, O Lord, Grant us thy peace.
Dark grows the night, the weary world is sleeping; Darkness can hide not from thy piercing light; Take us, O Saviour, in thy gracious keeping, Safe from the terrors of the lonely night: Grant us thy peace.
Grant us thy peace when life’s brief day is closing; Hold thy dear cross before our fading eyes; Through the dark vale within thine arms reposing, Till morning dawns for us in paradise, In perfect peace.
— Emily Appleton Wade, in The Churchman.