The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2579

2579. How Heavy Is the Night

1. How heavy is the night
That hangs upon our eyes,
Till Christ, with His reviving light,
Over our souls arise!

2. Our guilty spirits dread
To meet the wrath of Heaven:
But in His righteousness arrayed,
We see our sins forgiven.

3. Unholy and impure
Are all our thoughts and ways;
His hands infected nature cure
With sanctifying grace.

4. The powers of hell agree
To hold our souls in vain;
He sets the sons of bondage free,
And breaks th’accursèd chain.

5. Lord, we adore Thy ways
To bring us near to God;
Thy sovereign power, Thy healing grace,
And Thine atoning blood.

Text Information

• First Line: How heavy is the night
• Title: How Heavy Is the Night
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, Book I, number 48
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: ST. JOHN (GREGORY), in The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, edited by George Booth (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1889), number 221

Tune Information

• Name: CLEGG
• Composer: Henry Coward (1889)
• Meter: SM
• Incipit: 55112 34511 76667
• Key: D Major
• Source: The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, edited by George Booth (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1889), number 221
• Copyright: Public Domain