The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10430

10430. The Daylight Fades

1 The daylight fades, the evening shades
Are gathering round my head;
Father above, I praise that love
Which nightly guards my bed.

2 While Thou art near, I need not fear,
The gloom of midnight hour;
Blest Jesus, still from every ill
Defend me with Thy power!

3 Pardon my sin, and enter in
To sanctify my heart;
Spirit divine, O make me Thine,
And ne’er from me depart!

Text Information

• First Line: The daylight fades, the evening shades
• Title: The Daylight Fades
• Author: Thomas O. Summers, 1812-1882
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns for Schools and Families by Thomas O. Summers (Richmond, Va.: J. Early, 1853)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: My second child was born in 1847, and for her I wrote The daylight fades, as far as I can recollect, about 1849.

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING
• Composer: Jeremiah Franklin Ohl (1884)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain