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Text: | The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Tune: | ST CLEMENT |
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 |
Title: | The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Meter: | 98 98 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Evening; Funerals |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement Cotterill Scholefield, 1839-1904 |
Meter: | 98 98 |
Key: | G Major |