176 An Evening Prayer

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!

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!

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!

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.

Dear Lord, forgive!

Amen.