Author: Anonymous; Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Hymnal: CPWI Hymnal #29 (2010) Meter: 6.4.6.6 Hymnal Title: CPWI Hymnal Lyrics: 1 The sun is sinking fast,
the daylight dies;
let love awake, and pay
her evening sacrifice.
2 As Christ upon the cross
his head inclined,
and to his Father's hands
his parting soul resigned,
3 so now herself my soul
would wholly give
into his sacred charge,
in whom all spirits live;
4 so now beneath his eye
would calmly rest,
without a wish or thought
abiding in the breast,
5 save that his will be done,
whate'er betide;
dead to herself, and dead
in him to all beside.
6 Thus would I live: yet now
not I, but he,
in all his power and love
henceforth alive in me.
7 One sacred Trinity!
One Lord divine!
May I be ever his,
and he for ever mine. Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Evening Languages: English Tune Title: ST COLUMBA (IRONS)
The sun is sinking fast