The Day is Done

The day is done, O God the Son

Author: Patty Caroline Dunsterville
Tune: FRESHWATER
Published in 18 hymnals

Representative Text

1 The day is done;
O God the Son,
Look down upon Thy little one.

2 O Light of light,
Keep me this night,
And shed round me Thy presence bright.

3 I need not fear
If Thou art near;
Thou art my Savior, kind and dear.

4 Thy gentle eye
Is ever nigh,
It watches me when none is by.

5 Thy loving ear
Is ever near
Thy little children's prayers to hear.

6 So happily
And peacefully
I lay me down to rest in Thee.

7 To Father, Son,
And Spirit, One
In heaven and earth, all praise be done.

Source: Wartburg Hymnal: for church, school and home #56

Author: Patty Caroline Dunsterville

Dunsterville, Patty Caroline, née Sellon, daughter of Captain Sellon, of the Royal Navy, and wife of Colonel Lionel D'Arcy Dunsterville, died at Teignmouth, Devon, Jan. 7, 1887. Her hymn "The day is done:—O God the Son" (Evening) is in Thring's Collection, 1882. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The day is done, O God the Son
Title: The Day is Done
Author: Patty Caroline Dunsterville
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Laudes Domini #71

Little Children's Book #d90

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Little Children's Book #10

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Little Sacred Songs #67

Lutheran Sunday School Hymnal. 9th ed. #d182

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Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #240b

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Primary School Carols #59

School Carols #d284

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Sunday-School Book #270

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The Children's Hymn Book #33

The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #d157

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The Church Hymnary #603

The Primary Hymnal #d115

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The Riverdale Hymn Book #432

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The Scottish Hymnal #362a

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The Scottish Hymnal #362b

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Victorian Hymns #142

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Wartburg Hymnal #56

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