The Hymnal 1982 24
The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
- Tune
- st. clement
- Author(s)
- John Ellerton, 1826-1893
- Composer(s)
- Clement Cotterill Scholefield, 1839-1904
- Meter
- 9.8.9.8
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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.
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.
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.
4 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.