Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#242

242. The sun is sinking fast

1 The sun is sinking fast,
The daylight dies;
Let love awake, and pay
Her evening sacrifice.

2 As Christ upon the Cross
His head inclined,
And to His Father's hands
His parting soul resigned,

3 So now herself my soul
Would wholly give
Into His sacred charge,
In whom all spirits live;

4 So now beneath His eye
Would calmly rest,
Without a wish or thought
Abiding in the breast,

5 Save that His will be done,
Whate'er betide,
Dead to herself, and dead
In Him to all beside.

6 Thus would I live; yet now
Not I, but He
In all His power and love
Henceforth alive in me.

7 One sacred Trinity!
One Lord Divine!
May I be ever His,
And He for ever mine.

Text Information

• First Line: The sun is sinking fast
• Translator: E. Caswall, 1814-1878
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Soul: Commended to God; The Church and the Kingdom of God: Evening; Evening: Hymns; Will: Of God; Prayer: Evening

Tune Information

• Name: ST. COLUMBA
• Composer: Herbert S. Irons, 1834-1905
• Meter: 6.4.6.6
• Key: F Major or modal