20 | CPWI Hymnal#21 | 22 |
Text: | Our day of praise is done |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Tune: | CARLISLE |
Composer: | Charles Lockhart, 1745-1815 |
1 Our day of praise is done;
the evening shadows fall;
but pass not from us with the sun,
true Light that lightenest all.
2 Around the throne on high,
where night can never be,
the white-robed harpers of the sky
bring ceaseless hymns to thee.
3 Too faint our anthems here;
too soon of praise we tire;
but O the strains how full and clear
of that eternal choir!
4 Yet, Lord, to thy dear will
if thou attune the heart,
we in thine angels’ music still
may bear our lower part.
5 ’Tis thine each soul to calm,
each wayward thought reclaim,
and make our life a daily psalm
of glory to thy name.
6 A little while, and then
shall come the glorious end;
and songs of angels and of men
in perfect praise shall blend.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Our day of praise is done |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Meter: | S.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | Hymns for the Church Year: Evening |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CARLISLE |
Composer: | Charles Lockhart, 1745-1815 |
Meter: | S.M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | A higher setting of CARLISLE is found at 388 |