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At Evening Time it Shall be Light

At evening time it shall be light, When fades the day of toil away

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [At evening time it shall be light] (Doane)
Published in 4 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
When fades the day of toil away,
No sha­dows deep, no wea­ry night,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
Immortal love from realms above,
Is breath­ing now the pro­mise bright,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.

2 At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
We’ll ga­ther flow­ers from rur­al bow­ers,
O sac­red hope of glo­ry bright,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
Sweet ev­en­ing time of joy di­vine,
That makes the Chris­tian life so bright,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.

3 At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
No cares shall harm, no fears alarm;
If one in Christ, our souls unite;
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
The hearts will glow, no tears will flow,
It ca­nnot lose its pro­mise bright,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16155

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Author: Fanny Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: At evening time it shall be light, When fades the day of toil away
Title: At Evening Time it Shall be Light
Author: Fanny Crosby
Meter: 8.8.8.8 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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