Day Is Dying in the West
- Authors
- Mary Artimisia Lathbury
- Year
- 1878
- Example Text
- Day is dying in the west, Heaven is touching earth with rest...Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts
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- Scripture References
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- Psalm 19:1; 42:1-2; 55:17; 55:22; 69:34; 92:1-2; 104:1-5
- Isaiah 6:1-8
- Jeremiah 23:24
- Luke 24:29
- Lyrics
1 Day is dying in the west;
Heav'n is touching earth with rest;
Wait and worship while the night
Sets her evening lamps alight
Through all the sky.
Refrain:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts!
Heav'n and earth are full of Thee;
Heav'en and earth are praising Thee,
O Lord most high!
2 Lord of life, beneath the dome
Of the universe, Thy home,
Gather us who seek Thy face
To the fold of Thy embrace,
For Thou art nigh. [Refrain]
3 While the deep'ning shadows fall,
Heart of Love, enfolding all,
Through the glory and the grace
Of the stars that veil Thy face,
Our hearts ascend. [Refrain]
4 When forever from our sight
Pass the stars, the day, the night,
Lord of angels, on our eyes
Let eternal morning rise,
And shadows end. [Refrain]
Source:One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: an African American ecumenical hymnal #520
- More Information
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