The Hymnal 1982 163
Sunset to sunrise changes now
- Tune
- kedron
- Author(s)
- Clement of Alexandria, 170?-220?; Howard Chandler Robbins, 1876-1952
- Composer(s)
- Elkanah Kelsay Dare, 1792-1826; Alec Wyton, 1921-
- Meter
- 8.8.8.8
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1. Sunset to sunrise changes now, for God doth make his world anew; on the Redeemer’s thorn-crowned brow the wonders of that dawn we view.
2. E’en though the sun withholds its light, lo! a more heavenly lamp shines here, and from the cross on Calvary’s height gleams of eternity appear.
3. Here in o’erwhelming final strife the Lord of life hath victory, and sin is slain, and death brings life, and earth inherits heaven’s key.