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Text:Sabbath ended
Tune:IGNATIUS

187. Sabbath ended

1 The day of praise is done;
The evening shadows fall;
Yet pass not from us with the sun,
True Light that lightenest all!

2 Around thy throne on high,
Where night can never be,
The white-robed harpers of the sky
Bring ceaseless songs to thee.

3 Too faint our anthems here;
Too soon of praise we tire;
But, oh, the strains how full and clear
Of that eternal choir!

4 Yet, Lord! to thy dear will
If thou attune the heart,
We in thine angels' music still
May bear our lower part.

5 Shine thou within us, then,
A day that knows no end,
Till songs of angels and of men
In perfect praise shall blend.

Text Information
First Line: The day of praise is done
Title: Sabbath ended
Language: English
Publication Date: 1884
Topic: Close of Service
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: IGNATIUS
Meter: S. M.
Key: C Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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