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865 | RitualSong#866 | 867 |
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 rests not now by day or night.
3 Across each continent and island
As 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
Your friends beneath the western sky,
And hour by hour fresh lips are making
Your wondrous doings heard on high.
5 So be it, Lord; your throne shall never,
Like earth’s proud empires, pass away:
Your kingdom stands, and grows for ever,
Till all your creatures own your sway.
Text Information | |
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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: | 9 8 9 8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Confidence; Evening; Hope(7 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. CLEMENT |
Composer: | Clement C. Scholefield, 1839-1904 |
Meter: | 9 8 9 8 |
Key: | G Major or modal |