Wartburg Hymnal ‎#57

57. The sun is sinking fast

1 The sun is sinking fast,
The daylight dies;
Let love awake, and pay
Her evening sacrifice.

2 As Christ upon the cross,
His head inclined,
And to His Father's hands
His parting soul resigned;

3 So now herself my soul
Would wholly give
Into His sacred charge,
In Whom all spirits live;

4 So now beneath His eye
Would calmly rest,
Without a wish or thought
Abiding in the breast.

5 Only His will be done,
Whate'er betide,
Dead to herself, and dead
In Him to all beside.

6 Thus would I live: yet now
Not I, but He
In all His power and love
Henceforth alive in me.

7 One sacred Trinity,
One Lord divine;
May I be ever His,
And He for ever mine!

Text Information

• First Line: The sun is sinking fast
• Translator: E. Caswall
• Author: Anon.
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: Evening
• Notes: Tune: EMMAUS

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