Softly Now the Light of Day
- Authors
- George W. Doane
- Year
- 1824
- Example Text
- Softly now the light of day...
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- Scripture References
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- Genesis 24:63
- Exodus 25:22
- 2 Chronicles 16:9
- Psalm 4:4; 27:8; 42:8; 55:16-17; 63:6
- Psalms 140-141
- Proverbs 3:24; 15:3
- Isaiah 26:9
- Matthew 11:29
- Luke 18:13
- John 9:4
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Lyrics
1 Softly now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, I would commune with Thee.
2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye
Naught escapes without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.
3 Soon for me the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee.
4 Thou who, sinless, yet hast known
All of man's infirmity,
Then, from Thine eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.
Amen.
Source:African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #39
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