An Evening Hymn

Great God, to Thee my evening song, With humble gratitude I raise

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 284 hymnals

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Representative Text

1. Great God, to thee my evening song
With humble gratitude I raise;
Oh, let thy mercy tune my tongue
And fill my heart with lively praise.

2. My days, unclouded as they pass,
And ev’ry onward rolling hour
Are monuments of wondrous grace
And witness to thy love and pow’r.

3. With hope in thee mine eyelids close;
With sleep refresh my feeble frame.
Safe in thy care may I repose
And wake with praises to thy name.

Source: Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints #164

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Great God, to Thee my evening song, With humble gratitude I raise
Title: An Evening Hymn
Author: Anne Steele
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. VINCENT


ZEPHYR (Bradbury)


HURSLEY

HURSLEY is a Protestant French Huguenot melody by an anonymous composer.

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The Cyber Hymnal #9481
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Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian Worship #878

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Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs with Responsive Readings #d106

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Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs #38

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d117

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Hymns #945

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Hymns #945

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Hymns #908

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Hymns #945

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In Excelsis #110a

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In Excelsis #110b

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In Excelsis #a110a

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In Excelsis #a110b

Latter-Day Saint Hymns #d105

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Laudes Domini #168

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Luther League Hymnal #8

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #704

Melodies of the Church #d326

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Montreat Hymns #38

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New Hymn and Tune book #97d

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New Hymn and Tune Book #97d

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New Manual of Praise #150

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New Union Hymns #378

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Parish Hymns #33

Parish Psalmody #d231

Parish Psalmody #d238

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Plymouth Collection #a1295

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1295

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Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #22

Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns #d43

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d255

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #344

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H694

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Psalms and Hymns #529

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (14th stereotype ed.) #102

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (7th ed.) #S285

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #B102

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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs #213

Sacred Lyrics #d41

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Sacred lyrics, or Select hymns #283

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #196

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #226

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Sacred Songs for Social Worship #208

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Seamen's Hymns #585

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Selah #84b

Select Hymns #d149

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Select Hymns #372

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Selections from the Psalms of David in Metre #H169

Social Hymn and Tune Book #d131

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Social Hymn Book #419

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Social Psalmist #585

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #126

Songs for the New Life #d193

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #878

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #878

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #878

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Songs for the Sanctuary #878

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Songs for the Sanctuary #878

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Songs for the Sanctuary #878

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #453

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Songs of Praise with Tunes #36

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Songs of the Church #713

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Standard Hymns and Spiritual Songs #5

Supplement to Watts #d153

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Sursum Corda #48a

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Sursum Corda #48b

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Sursum Corda #48c

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Temple Melodies #71

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d262

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The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #313

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d228

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d127

The Baptist Harmony #d126

The Baptist Harmony #d126

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1295

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d196

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The Baptist Hymn Book #649

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The Baptist Praise Book #35

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The Baptist Psalmody #1137

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d123

The Bay State Collection of Church Music #d60

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The Beacon Light #43

The Book of Common Praise #d172

The Book of Praise #d239

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The Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs #114

The Centennial Hymnal #d117

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The Choir #50a

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The Choir #76a

The Choralist #d114

The Christian Hymn Book #d222

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d224

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The Christian Hymnal #152

The Christian Lyre. Vol. II #d22

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The Christian Melodist #69

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #368

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The Christian Psalmist #591

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The Church and Home Hymnal #292b

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