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Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
An Evening Prayer

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Mahalia Jackson

An Evening Prayer

Release date: 1968

From Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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About This Track

"An Evening Prayer" is a track by Mahalia Jackson, from the album Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., released 1968. Full lyrics are available below.

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Mahalia Jackson

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Lyrics

An Evening Prayer

If I Have Wounded Any Soul Today

If I Have Caused One Foot To Go Astray

If I Have Lost In My Own Misery

Dear Lord Forgive

Forgive A Sin I Have Confessed To Thee

Forgive My Secret Sins I Do

Oh God Watch Over Me And My Misery

Dear Lord, Help Me

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From Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1968

Album

Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mahalia Jackson

Release year

1968

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The Greatest Man That Ever LivedMy Faith
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