Author: John Ellerton Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 288 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 113:1-5 First Line: The day you gave us, God, is ended Lyrics: 1 The day you gave us, God, is ended;
the darkness falls at your request.
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 As over continent and island
each dawn leads on another day,
the voice of prayer is never silent,
nor do the praises die away.
4 So be it, God, your throne shall never,
like earth’s proud empires, pass away.
Your reign endures and grows forever,
until there dawns your glorious day. Topics: Church; Praying; Reign of Christ; Worship Used With Tune: ST. CLEMENT Text Sources: Church Hymns, 1871, alt.
The Day You Gave Us