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Text:The duteous day now closeth
Alterer:Compiler
Author:Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)
Translator:Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
Tune:DER MOND IST AUFGEGANGEN
Composer:Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, 1747-1800
Harmonizer:John J. Overholt

83. The duteous day now closeth

Text Information
First Line: The duteous day now closeth
Title: The duteous day now closeth
German Title: Nun ruhen all Wälder
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) (1648)
Translator: Robert Bridges (1844-1930) (1899)
Alterer: Compiler
Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Evening
Copyright: Text of hymn from The Yattendon Hymnal (edited by Robert Bridges and H. Ellis Wooldridge) by permission of Oxford University Press. Altered by permission.; Altered Text Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the day. Ps. 139:12.
Tune Information
Name: DER MOND IST AUFGEGANGEN
Composer: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, 1747-1800
Harmonizer: John J. Overholt (1971)
Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8.
Key: G Major
Copyright: Harmony Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: M.M. 72



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