Go Ad-Free
If you regularly use Hymnary.org, you might benefit from eliminating ads. Consider buying a subscription.
Text: | The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Is Ended |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Tune: | ST. CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement C. Scholefield, 1839-1904 |
1 The day you gave us, Lord, is 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 onward into light,
Through all the world its watch is keeping,
And never rests by day or night.
3 Across each continent and island
As dawn leads on another day,
The voice of prayer is never silent,
Nor do the praises die away.
4 The sun that bids us rest is waking
Your children under western skies
And hour by hour as day is breaking,
Fresh hymns of thankful praise arise.
5 So be it, Lord; your realm shall never,
Like earth’s proud empires, pass away:
Your kingdom stands, and grows forever,
Till all your creatures own your sway.
Text Information | |
---|---|
First Line: | The day you gave us, Lord, is ended |
Title: | The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Is Ended |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 (alt.) |
Meter: | 98 98 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2012 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Evening; Night Prayer: Hymn |
Tune Information | |
---|---|
Name: | ST. CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement C. Scholefield, 1839-1904 |
Meter: | 98 98 |
Key: | G Major or modal |