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When Evening Shadows Gather

Appears in 11 hymnals Used With Tune: [When evening shadows gather]

[When evening shadows gather]

Appears in 134 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur S. Sullivan Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13366 55431 17113 Used With Text: When Evening Shadows Gather

[When evening shadows gather]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. Jadassohn Incipit: 33343 21556 17253 Used With Text: Evening Prayer

TWILIGHT

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. F. Swift Incipit: 33333 54322 34323 Used With Text: When evening shadows gather

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When evening shadows gather

Author: J. F. Swift Hymnal: Worship Song #565 (1905) Topics: Hours of the Day Evening Languages: English Tune Title: TWILIGHT

Hymnal: Voices of Praise #19 (1883) Lyrics: 1 When evening shadows gather, And twilight gently fades: When all is still and silent In midnight's darker shades; Then, O my God, be near me, Do Thou protect my bed; From evil and from danger Let Angels guard my head. 2 We know not, when we slumber, That we shall e'er awake, To see another day begin, Another dawning break: But Thou art ever watching, Thou wilt our vigils keep, And, trusting in Thy mercy, We sink in peaceful sleep. 3 But, ere our eyelids closing, We humbly seek Thy face, And pray for Thy forgiveness, And Thy sustaining grace: For we are weak and erring, And need Thy mighty power; O Jesus, ever guard us In dark temptation's hour. 4 We pray for those who languish In sickness and distress, That Thou wilt soothe their anguish, And their afflictions bless: We pray for those in peril Upon the mighty sea; We pray for friends and loved ones;-- Do Thou their Guardian be. 5 And now to Thee we render Our thanks for mercies past, With grateful hearts imploring Thy favour to the last. And at the great awakening May we be found above,-- With saints and angels praising Thy providence and love. Amen. Topics: Evening Languages: English Tune Title: S. FULDA

When Evening Shadows Gather

Hymnal: The Sabbath School Hymnal, a collection of songs, services and responses for Jewish Sabbath schools, and homes 4th rev. ed. #38 (1897) Tune Title: [When evening shadows gather]

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Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: Arthur S. Sullivan Composer of "[When evening shadows gather]" in The Sabbath School Hymnal, a collection of songs, services and responses for Jewish Sabbath schools, and homes 4th rev. ed. Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman

James Frederick Swift

1847 - 1931 Person Name: J. F. Swift Author of "When evening shadows gather" in Worship Song Used pseudonym Godfrey Marks. See also Marks, Godfrey (Musician) ================ Swift, James Frederick, son of Joseph Swift, was born at Manchester, Dec. 28, 1847. In 1851 he removed with his parents to Liverpool, where he was educated at the Commercial School of Liverpool College. At an early age he displayed a talent for music, and performed in public as a pianist as early as 1859. In 1863 he was appointed organist at the Cranmer Wesleyan Chapel. Subsequently he was organist at St. Andrew's Church, Liver¬pool, for 10 years, and then, from 1886 to the present, at St. Bride's, in the same city. He has composed a large number of songs and instrumental pieces under the nom-de-plume of "Godfrey Marks." He has also written a number of hymns and sacred odes, for which he has composed music. From these eight were published with the music, in 1875, as Hymns for Home and Sacred Festivals (London, Novello). From this small collection the following hymns have come into common use:— 1. When evening shadows gather. Evening. Written in 1873, and first sung in public at the Wesleyan Choral. Festival in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, in 1874. It was included in his Hymns for Home, &c, No. 8, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines. It then passed into Thring's Collection, 1882, the Prim. Methodist Hymnal, 1887, and others. It is a very beautiful Evening Hymn. 2. Have you heard the sweet, sweet story? Life of Jesus. Written in 1874, and published in his Hymns for Home, &c, 1875, No. 4, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, with a chorus of 4 lines. 3. When life is gay with sunshine. Refuge in Trouble. Written in 1874, and published in his Hymns for Home, &c, 1875, No. 7, in 3 st. of 8 1. Of these hymns Nos. 2, 3 have been largely used at Sunday School Anniversaries and similar gatherings. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)