--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Steele, Charles F. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 23 number: 9 published: 1920-07 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Steele, Charles F., "Evening Prayer," *Improvement Era* 23, no. 9 (July 1920): 793.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2309unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2309unse start_page: 793 end_page: 793 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1920-07) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2309unse publication_year: 1920 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1920, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Evening Prayer Evening Prayer O Lord, most merciful, Father of my soul, I cry to thee; At eventide, secluded and alone, I bow the knee. and wandered far afield, I've greatly sinned Pray give me rest; As night comes on I yearn to lay my head Upon thy breast. Through this dark night on thee I shall repose, And to thee cling, As wanderer finds amid the gath'ring gloom A mother's wing. Condone, O Lord, my tardy thought of thee I plead for grace! - Help me to live by faith; and, dying, see , Thy blessed face. Raymond, Alta, Canada Charles F. Steele