The Hymnal ‎#39

39. Day is dying in the west

1 Day is dying in the west;
Heaven is touching earth with rest:
Wait and worship while the night
Sets her evening lamps alight
Through all the sky.

Refrain:
Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts;
Heaven and earth are full of Thee!
Heaven and earth are praising Thee,
O Lord Most High!

2 Lord of life, beneath the dome
Of the universe, Thy home,
Gather us who seek Thy face
To the fold of Thy embrace,
For Thou art nigh. [Refrain]

3 While the deepening shadows fall,
Heart of Love, enfolding all,
Through the glory and the grace
Of the stars that veil Thy face,
Our hearts ascend. [Refrain]

4 When forever from our sight
Pass the stars, the day, the night,
Lord of angels, on our eyes
Let eternal morning rise,
And shadows end. [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Day is dying in the west
• Author: Mary A. Lathbury (1877)
• Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts!
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7. 4. with Refrain
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: Times of Worship: Evening; Adoration; Evening hymns; Nature Services; Praise; Worship: Evening
• Copyright: Used by permission of the Chautauqua Institution.

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING PRAISE
• Composer: William F. Sherwin (1877)
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7. 4. with Refrain
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Used by permission of the Chautauqua Institution.