The sun is sinking fast

The sun is sinking fast

Translator: Edward Caswall (1858)
Tune: ST. COLUMBA (Irons)
Published in 159 hymnals

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Representative Text

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.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #29

Translator: Edward Caswall

Edward Caswall was born in 1814, at Yately, in Hampshire, where his father was a clergyman. In 1832, he went to Brasenose College, Oxford, and in 1836, took a second-class in classics. His humorous work, "The Art of Pluck," was published in 1835; it is still selling at Oxford, having passed through many editions. In 1838, he was ordained Deacon, and in 1839, Priest. He became perpetural Curate of Stratford-sub-Castle in 1840. In 1841, he resigned his incumbency and visited Ireland. In 1847, he joined the Church of Rome. In 1850, he was admitted into the Congregation of the Oratory at Birmingham, where he has since remained. He has published several works in prose and poetry. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The sun is sinking fast
Latin Title: Sol praeceps rapitur
Translator: Edward Caswall (1858)
Meter: 6.4.6.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Church of England Hymn Book #51

AGO Founders Hymnal #49

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An Evening Service Book #74

Book of Common Praise #d561

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Book of Worship #211

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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #220a

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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #220b

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Christian Praise #61

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Church Hymnal #310

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #34

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #37

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Church Hymns and Tunes #27a

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Church Hymns and Tunes #27b

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Church Hymns #33a

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Church Hymns #33b

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Common Praise #24a

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Common Praise #24b

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Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #474

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CPWI Hymnal #29

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Gloria Deo #45

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Hymn Tunes #4

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Hymn Tunes #37

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Hymnal Amore Dei #35

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #345

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #261a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #261b

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #261c

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #15a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #15b

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d736

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Hymnal, Amore Dei #35

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Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a35

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Hymnal #345

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Hymnal #345

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #17

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #17

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #14

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #30

Hymns Ancient and Modern #15

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Hymns and Chorales #135

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Hymns for the Living Age #529

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Hymns of the Church Universal #589

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Hymns of the Church #19

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #436

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Hymns of the Faith #558

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #332

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #332

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #384

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Hymns of the Living Church #13

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Immanuel Hymnal #62

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In Excelsis for School and Chapel #26

In Excelsis for School and Chapel. l7th ed. #d258

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In Excelsis #76a

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In Excelsis #76b

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In Excelsis #a76a

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In Excelsis #a76b

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Laudamus #38

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Laudes Domini #190

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Luther League Hymnal #15

Mennonite Hymn Book #d342

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Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #242

Our Sunday School Hymnody #d89

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S. Mary's hymnal #33

Selected Hymn Tunes with Words for Church and Home. First series #d45

Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d540

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #103

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #103

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Songs of the Christian Life #505

St. Francis Hymnal and Choir Manual #d347

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Sursum Corda #56a

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Sursum Corda #56b

The American Hymnal #d580

The Best Loved Hymns and Prayers of the American People #41

The Book of Common Praise #d580

The Book of Common Praise #21

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The Book of Common Praise #23

The Book of Praise #680a

The Book of Praise #680b

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The Book of Worship #504

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The Calvary Hymnal #14

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The Catholic Hymnal #189

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The Church and Home Hymnal #289

The Church Hymnal #d425

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The Church Hymnal with Canticles #345a

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The Church Hymnal with Canticles #345b

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The Church Hymnal #10

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The Church Hymnal #10a

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The Church Hymnal #10b

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The Church Hymnal #10a

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The Church Hymnal #10b

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The Church Hymnary #361a

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The Church Hymnary #361b

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The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #50(i)

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The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #50(ii)

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The Church Hymnary #844

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The Church Porch #9

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The Church Porch #9

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