Text: | The day you gave us, Lord, has ended |
Author: | John Ellerton (1826-1893) |
Tune: | ST. CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839-1904) |
1 The day you gave us, Lord, has ended;
the darkness falls at your behest;
to you our morning hymns ascended,
your praise shall sanctify our rest.
2 We thank you that your Church unsleeping,
while earth rolls onwards into light,
through all the world her watch is keeping,
nor rests from worship 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 song of praise away.
4 The sun that bids us rest is waking
your children 'neath the western sky,
and hour by hour fresh lips are making
your wondrous deeds resound on high.
5 So be it, Lord! your throne shall never,
like earths proud empires, pass away;
your kingdom stands and grows for ever,
till all your creatures own your sway.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The day you gave us, Lord, has ended |
Author: | John Ellerton (1826-1893) |
Meter: | 9898 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2008 |
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Topic: | The Living God: Our Response to God - in the morning and evening; Kingdom of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839-1904) |
Meter: | 9898 |
Key: | G Major |