The Christian's Parting Hour

How sweet the hour of closing day

Author: William Hiley Bathurst
Published in 126 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 How sweet the hour of closing day,
When all is peaceful and serene,
And the broad sun's retiring ray
Sheds mellow luster o'er the scene!

2 Such is the Christian's parting hour;
So peacefully he sinks to rest
When faith, endued from Heaven with power,
Sustains and cheers his languid breast.

3 Mark but that radiance of his eye,
That smile upon his wasted cheek;
They tell us of his hope on high
In language that no tongue can speak.

4 Who would not wish to die like those
Whom God's own Spirit deigns to bless?
To sink into that soft repose,
Then wake to perfect happiness?

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #915

Author: William Hiley Bathurst

Bathurst, William Hiley , M.A., son of the Rt. Hon. Charles Bragge (afterwards Bathurst) some time M.P. for Bristol, born at Clevedale, near Bristol, Aug. 28, 1796, and educated at Winchester, and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1818. From 1820 to 1852 he held the Rectory of Barwick-in-Elmet, near Leeds. Resigning the Rectory in the latter year, through his inability to reconcile his doctrinal views with the Book of Common Prayer, he retired into private life, and died at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, Nov. 25, 1877. His works include, The Georgics of Virgil: Translated by W. H. B., 1849; Metrical Musings; or, Thoughts on Sacred Subjects in Verse, 1849; and Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Use, 1831 (2nd ed. 1842). This last… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: How sweet the hour of closing day
Title: The Christian's Parting Hour
Author: William Hiley Bathurst
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (101 - 126 of 126)
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The National Baptist Hymnal #583

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The New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, for Public, Social and Private Worship #130

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The New Song #204b

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The New York Choralist #46

The Praise #d112

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The Primitive Baptist Hymnal #383

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The Psalmist #1111

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The Psalmist #1111

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The Psalmody #1096

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The Sabbath School Lute #37

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The Sabbath School #156

The School Psalter #d122

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #915

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The Standard Church Hymnal #477

The Star of the East #d71

The Tabernacle #d129

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #707

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The Tribute of Praise #707

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The Tribute of Praise #662

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d158

The Victory #d149

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The Voice of Praise #893

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #579

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #17b

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #17b

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Vestry Chimes #122c

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