Text: | The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended |
Author: | John Ellerton (1826-1893) |
Tune: | ST CLEMENT |
Arranger (last verse): | Christopher Robinson (b. 1936) |
Composer: | Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839-1904) |
1 The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
the darkness falls at thy behest;
to thee our morning hymns ascended,
thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
2 We thank thee that thy Church unsleeping,
while earth rolls onward into light,
through all the world her watch is keeping,
and rests not now by day or night.
3 As o'er each continent and island
the dawn leads on another day,
the voice of prayer is never silent,
nor dies the strain of praise away.
4 The sun that bids us rest is waking
our brethren 'neath the western sky,
and hour by hour fresh lips are making
thy wondrous doings heard on high.
5 So be it, Lord: thy throne shall never,
like earth's proud empires, pass away;
thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever,
till all thy creatures own thy sway.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended |
Author: | John Ellerton (1826-1893) |
Meter: | 98 98 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Church: Universal; Church: Worship; Evening(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839-1904) |
Arranger (last verse): | Christopher Robinson (b. 1936) |
Meter: | 98 98 |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Adaptation: Descant © Christopher Robinson Permission applied for. |