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Text: | The Day Thou Gavest, Lord |
Author: | John Ellerton |
Tune: | ST. CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement C. Scholefield |
1 The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
The darkness falls at thy behest;
To thee our morning hymns ascended,
Thy praise shall hallow now our rest.
2 We thank thee that thy church, unsleeping
While earth rolls onward into light,
Through all the world her watch is keeping,
And rests not now by day or night.
3 As o'er each continent and island
The dawn leads on another day,
The voice of prayer is never silent,
Nor dies the strain of praise away.
4 The sun that bids us rest, is waking
Our brethren 'neath the western sky,
And hour by hour fresh lips are making
Thy wondrous doings heard on high.
5 So be it, Lord; thy Throne shall never,
Like earth's proud empires, pass away:
But stand, and rule, and grow for ever,
Till all thy creatures own thy sway.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended |
Title: | The Day Thou Gavest, Lord |
Author: | John Ellerton (1870) |
Meter: | 9. 8. 9. 8. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1970 |
Topic: | Evening hymns; Lord's Day |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement C. Scholefield (1874) |
Meter: | 9. 8. 9. 8. |
Key: | G Major |