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 never rests 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, which bids us rest, is waking
Your children under western skies,
And hour by hour, as day is breaking,
Fresh hymns of thankful praise arise.
5 So be it, Lord! Your throne shall never,
Like earth’s proud empires, pass away:
Your kingdom stands, and grows forever
Until there dawns your glorious day.
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: | 2016 |
Topic: | Evening |
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 |