Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#408

408. Day Is Dying in the West

1 Day is dying in the west;
heav'n is touching earth with rest;
wait and worship while the night
sets her evening lamps alight
through all the sky.

Refrain:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts!
Heav'n and earth are full of thee!
Heav'n and earth are praising thee,
O Lord Most High.

2 While the deep'ning shadows fall,
Light of light, on whom we call
through the glory and the grace
of the stars that veil thy face,
our hearts ascend. [Refrain]

3 And when fading from our sight
pass the stars, the day, the night,
Lord of glory, on our eyes
let eternal morning rise
and shadows end. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Day is dying in the west
• Title: Day Is Dying in the West
• Author: Mary Artemesia Lathbury (1877; Alt. 1961)
• Refrain First Line: Holy, holy holy
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.4.ref.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 6:3
• Topic: The Church: Evening; God: Holiness of; Life: Brevity of

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING PRAISE
• Composer: William F. Sherwin (1877)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.4.ref.
• Key: G Major