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Mother’s Evening Prayer

John F. Wilson

Key:
D Major
Vocal Range:
High
Pitch Range:
B3 - Gb5
Key:
Bb Major
Vocal Range:
Low
Pitch Range:
G3 - D5
Key:
C Major
Vocal Range:
Medium
Pitch Range:
A3 - E5
Composer:
John F. Wilson
Lyricist:
Mary Baker Eddy
Publisher:
JFW
Instrumentation:
Keyboard/Vocal
Key:
Bb Major
,
C Major
,
D Major
Vocal Range:
High
,
Low
,
Medium
Vocal Pitch Range:
A3 - E5
,
B3 - Gb5
,
G3 - D5
MP3 Duration:
03:50

An original setting of the poem by Mrs. Eddy. Slow and thoughtful, with a Brahms-type solemnity for a dignified rendering.

Lyrics

Mother’s Evening Prayer
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by John F. Wilson

O gentle presence, peace and joy and power;
O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour,
Thou Love that guards the nestling’s faltering flight!
Keep Thou my child on upward wing tonight.

Love is our refuge; only with mine eye
Can I behold the snare, the pit, the fall:
His habitation high is here, and nigh,
His arm encircles me, and mine, and all.

O make me glad for every scalding tear,
For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain!
Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear
No ill, ā€” since God is good, and loss is gain.

Beneath the shadow of His mighty wing;
In that sweet secret of the narrow way,
Seeking and finding, with the angels sing:
“Lo, I am with you alway,” ā€” watch and pray.

No snare, no fowler, pestilence or pain;
No night drops down upon the troubled breast,
When heaven’s aftersmile earth’s tear-drops gain,
And mother finds her home and heav’nly rest.

Words used courtesy of The Mary Baker Eddy Collection