A Prayer for the Night

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Composer
Roland E. Martin
Difficulty
Moderate radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
General
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano] Unaccompanied [a cappella]
Category
Anthems Evening Service
Collections
Lenten Compline
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

SATB with optional accompaniment. A short, luscious setting of an evening prayer from Boran, Kenya. Use this for any evening service. Written in memory of Everett Summerall.

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Lyrics

O God, you have let me pass the day in peace;
let me pass the night in peace also.
O Lord who has no lord.
There is strength but in you.
You alone have no obligation.
Under your hand I pass the night.
You are my Mother and my Father. Amen.