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Text:Day is dying in the west
Author:Mary A. Lathbury
Tune:EVENING PRAISE
Composer:William F. Sherwin

20. Day is dying in the west

1 Day is dying in the west;
Heav'n is touching earth with rest;
Wait and worship while the night
Sets her evening lamps alight
Through all the sky.

Refrain:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts!
Heav'n and earth are full of Thee!
Heav'n and earth are praising Thee,
O Lord most high!

2 Lord of life, beneath the dome
Of the Universe, Thy home.
Gather us who seek Thy face
to the fold of Thy embrace,
For thou art nigh. [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Day is dying in the west
Author: Mary A. Lathbury (1877)
Meter: 7s, 4, 6, 4, 7, 7, 4
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Evening
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: EVENING PRAISE
Composer: William F. Sherwin
Meter: 7s, 4, 6, 4, 7, 7, 4
Notes: Public Domain.



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