Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray.
Psalm 55:17
Words: Annie Cummings, in Jasper and Gold, edited by Tullius C. O’Kane (Cincinnati, Ohio: Hitchcock & Walden, 1877), number 54.
Music: John H. Tenney (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Cummings (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Father, in the morning
Unto Thee I’ll pray;
Let Thy loving kindness
Keep me thro’ this day.
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I will pray, I will pray,
Ever will I pray;
Morning, noon, and evening,
Unto Thee I’ll pray.
At the busy noontide,
Pressed with work and care,
Then I’ll wait with Jesus
Till He hear my prayer.
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When the evening shadows
Chase away the light,
Father, then I’ll pray Thee
Bless Thy child tonight.
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Thus in life’s glad morning,
In its bright noonday,
In its shadowy evening,
Ever will I pray.
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