The daylight fades, the evening shades Are gathering round my head; Father above, I praise that love Which nightly guards my bed. While Thou art near, I need not fear, The gloom of midnight hour; Blest Jesus, still from every ill Defend me with Thy power! Pardon my sin, and enter in To sanctify my heart; Spirit divine, O make me Thine, And ne’er from me depart!