Light at Evening Time

Holy Father, cheer our way

Author: Richard H. Robinson (1869)
Published in 115 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Holy Father, cheer our way
with Your love’s perpetual ray;
grant us every closing day
light at evening time.

2 Holy Saviour, calm our fears
when earth’s brightness disappears;
grant us in our latter years
light at evening time.

3 Holy Spirit, from on high
when in mortal pains we lie;
grant us, as we come to die,
light at evening time.

4 Holy God, no dark shall be
round the blessèd Trinity;
those You keep shall always see
light at evening time.

Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #10

Author: Richard H. Robinson

Mr. Robinson was born in London, became incumbent of the Octagon Chapel, Bath, and in 1884 of St. German's, Blackheath. He wrote Sermons on Faith and Duty, The Creed and the Age. The Methodist Hymn-Book Illustrated… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Holy Father, cheer our way
Title: Light at Evening Time
Author: Richard H. Robinson (1869)
Meter: 7.7.7.5
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Written in 1869 for the congregation of St. Paul's, Upper Norwood, where he was curate, to be sung after the third Collect at Evening Prayer. It appeared in the S.P.C.K. Church Hymns, 1871.

The Methodist Hymn-Book Illustrated

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Holy Father, cheer our way, p. 969,1. This hymn, as given in Stopford A. Brooke's Christian Hymns, 1881, and Hunter's Hymns of Faith and Life, 1889, is a rewritten form of R. H. Robinson's hymn by Mr. Brooke.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Tune

VESPERI LUX


VESPER (Stainer)


CAPETOWN

CAPETOWN was originally composed by Friedrich Filitz (b. Arnstadt, Thuringia, Germany, 1804; d. Munich, Germany, 1876) as a setting for the text "Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit"; that text and tune were included in Vierstimmiges Choralbuch (1847), a hymnal compiled by Baron Christian von Bunsen and publis…

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A Church of England Hymn Book #34

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A Manual of Worship #81

A Selection of Hymns #d22

Amazing Grace for Singing Schools and Conventions #d28

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An Evening Service Book #81

Book of Common Praise #d201

Carmina for Social Worship #d95

Carols of Peace for Christian Work and Worship #d34

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #19

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d190

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #24

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Church Hymns and Tunes #16

Church Hymns with Tunes #23

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Columbia University Hymnal #15

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Common Praise #22

From the Cross to the Crown #d41

From the Cross to the Crown No. 2 #d53

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Glory Songs #119

Gospel Searchlight Songs #d47

Harmony in Praise #d83

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #775

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #24

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #24

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #22

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #29

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #22

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Hymns for the Church #383

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Hymns of the Ages #242

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Hymns of the Ages #242

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Hymns of the Church #21

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Hymns of the Living Church #26

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Hymns of Worship and Service #53

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Hymns of Worship and Service (15th ed.) #53

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Hymns of Worship and Service (Chapel Ed., 4th ed.) #36

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Hymns of Worship and Service #53

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Hymns of Worship and Service. (Chapel ed.) #36

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In Excelsis for School and Chapel #27

In Excelsis for School and Chapel. l7th ed. #d90

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In Excelsis #95

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In Excelsis #a95

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Laudes Domini #199

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Laudes Domini #50

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Life-Time Hymns #42a

Love #d31

Modern Hymn Tunes #d19

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New Manual of Praise #168

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Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #33

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Praise Songs #22

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Rodeheaver Collection for Male Voices #81

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Select Songs No. 2 #167

Selected Hymns #d27

Song Service #133

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Songs of Praise #32

Songs of praise #47

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Songs of the Christian Life #496

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Sursum Corda #64a

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Sursum Corda #64b

The American Hymnal #d207

The Book of Common Praise #d208

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The Book of Common Praise #26

The Church Hymnal #d149

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The Church Hymnal #9a

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The Church Hymnal #9b

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The Church Hymnary #356

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The Church Hymnary #847

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The Coronation Hymnal #230

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The Cyber Hymnal #2351

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The English Hymnal #270

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The English Hymnal #270

The Hymnal for Schools #d57

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The Hymnal for Schools #15a

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The Hymnal for Schools #15b

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The Hymnal #9

The Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Congregations #d165

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #56

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The Methodist Hymnal #56

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The Mission Hymnal. (Enlarged Edition) #204

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The Packer Hymnal #15a

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The Packer Hymnal #15b

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The People's Hymn Book #141

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The Scottish Hymnal #289a

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The Scottish Hymnal #289b

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The Winchester Hymn Supplement #41

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Victorian Hymns #50

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #100

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Laudes Domini #123

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #10

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The Church Hymnal #9

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The Church Hymnal #9a

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The Church Hymnal #9b

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The Hymnal #16

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The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 #275

The Best Loved Hymns and Prayers of the American People #48b

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The Book of Worship #445

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Songs of Praise with Tunes #69

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #283a

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