Ere I sleep, for every favour

Ere I sleep, for every favour. John Cennick* (1718-55). First published in Cennick’s Sacred Hymns for the Children of God, in the Days of their Pilgrimage, Second Edition, part 1 (1741). It was entitled ‘Another’, following ‘An Evening Hymn’ beginning ‘Bless’d be the God, whose tender Care’. It had seven stanzas, sometimes printed in a different order. The original was as follows: E’er I sleep, for ev’ry Favour      This Day show’d      By my GOD,I will bless my Saviour. O my Lord, what shall I render      To thy Name,       Still the same,Gracious, Good, and Tender. Thou hast order’d all my Goings      In thy Way,      Hear me pray,Sanctify’d my Doings. Leave me not, but ever love me;...