An Evening Prayer

Verse 1

If I have wounded any soul today, If I have caused one foot to go astray, If I have walked in my own willful way, Dear Lord, forgive!

Verse 2

If I have uttered idle words or vain, If I have turned aside from want or pain, Lest I offend some other through the strain, Dear Lord, forgive!

Verse 3

If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold, If I have longed for shelter in the fold, When thou hast given me some fort to hold, Dear Lord, forgive!

Verse 4

Forgive the sins I have confessed to thee; Forgive the secret sins I do not see; O guide me, love me, and my keeper be. Amen.