Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#48

48. Softly now the light of day

1 Softly now the light of day
Fades upon out sight away:
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, we would commune with Thee.

2 Thou, whose allpervading eye
Nought escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.

3 Soon from us the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Softly now the light of day
• Author: George W. Doane (1799-1859) (1824)
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Worship: Evening Worship

Tune Information

• Name: SEYMOUR
• Composer, arranged from: Carl M. von Weber (1786-1826)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Incipit: 32436 53233 33471
• Key: E♭ Major