Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#264

264. Day Is Dying in the West

Text Information

• First Line: Day is dying in the west; heaven is touching
• Title: Day Is Dying in the West
• Author: Mary A. Lathbury (1877, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy
• Meter: 77.774 w. refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 6:3
• Topic: Evening; God: Assurance and Comfort

Tune Information

• Name: CHATAUQUA
• Composer: William F. Sherwin (1877)
• Meter: 77.774 w. refrain
• Key: F♯ Major

Text Information:

Mary Lathbury wrote this text for the Methodist Bishop John H. Vincent, founder of the Chatauqua Assembly. Wed to this tune, it was forever after used to close Chatauqua sessions. The daughter of a Methodist minister, Lathbury was active in Christian education