Hymns

The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended

Words: John Ellerton · Music: Clement Scholefield · 1870

Verse 1
The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended;
the darkness falls at thy behest;
to thee our morning hymns ascended;
thy praise shall sanctify our rest.

Verse 2
We thank thee that thy church, unsleeping
while earth rolls onward into light,
through all the world her watch is keeping,
and rests not now by day or night.

Verse 3
As o'er each continent and island
the dawn leads on another day,
the voice of prayer is never silent,
nor dies the strain of praise away.

Verse 4
The sun that bids us rest is waking
our brethren 'neath the western sky,
and hour by hour fresh lips are making
thy wondrous doings heard on high.

Verse 5
So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never,
like earth's proud empires, pass away;
thy kingdom stands and grows forever,
till all thy creatures own thy sway.

Words: John Ellerton, 1870, rev. 1888 | Music: Clement Scholefield, 1874

Psalm 74; Psalm 92; Psalm 141; Isaiah 41; Lamentations 3; John 1; Hebrews 4; 1 Peter 2; 1 John 1

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