Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#576

576. The daylight fades

1 The daylight fades,
The evening shades
Are gathering round my head;
Father above,
I praise that love
Which nightly guards my bed.

2 While Thou art near,
I need not fear
The gloom of midnight hour;
Blest Jesus, still
From every ill
Defend me with Thy power!

3 Pardon my sin,
And enter in
To sanctify my heart;
Spirit Divine,
O make me Thine,
And ne'er from me depart!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The daylight fades
• Author: Thomas Osmund Summers (1849)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Hymns for Children
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING
• Composer: J. F. Ohl (1884)
• Meter: 4 4 6, 4 4 6
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Public Domain.