| Text: | The Day Is Past and Over |
| Author: | Anon. |
| Translator: | John Mason Neale |
| Tune: | DU FREIDENSFÜRST, HERR JESU CHRIST |
| Composer: | Bartholomäus Gesius |
| Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach |
1. The day is past and over,
all thanks, O Lord, to thee!
We pray thee that offenseless
the hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep us in thy sight,
and guard us through the coming night.
2. The joys of day are over;
we lift our hearts to thee,
and call on thee that sinless
the hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, make their darkness light,
and guard us through the coming night.
3. The toils of day are over;
we raise our hymn to thee,
and ask that free from peril
the hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep us in thy sight,
and guard us through the coming night.
4. Be thou our souls' preserver,
O God, for thou dost know
how many are the perils
through which we have to go.
Lord Jesus Christ, O hear our call,
and guard and save us from them all.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | The day is past and over |
| Title: | The Day Is Past and Over |
| Author: | Anon. |
| Translator: | John Mason Neale (1853) |
| Meter: | 76.76.88 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1989 |
| Topic: | Particular Times of Worship: Evening; Evening Prayer; Gratitude (1 more...) |
| Source: | Greek, prob. 6th cent. |
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| Name: | DU FREIDENSFÜRST, HERR JESU CHRIST |
| Composer: | Bartholomäus Gesius (1601) |
| Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach (1724) |
| Meter: | 76.76.88 |
| Key: | F Major |
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