II EVENING PRAISE 7.7. 7. 7. 4. with Refrain William F. Sherwin, 1877 பூர் I Day is dying in the west; Heaven is touch-ing earth with rest; Wait and wor-ship while the night Sets her evening lamps a-light Through all the sky. REFRAIN. Holy, Holy, Ho-ly, Lord God of Hosts! Heaven and earth are full of Thee; Steal a cross the May mine eye - lids sky. Now the dark-ness gathers, Stars be-gin to peep; 1 SAVIOUR, breathe an evening bless- 3 Though destruction walk around us, Ere repose our spirits seal; [ing, Sin and want we come confessing: Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal. 2 Though the night be dark and dreary, 4 Darkness cannot hide from Thee; Thou art He who, never weary, Watchest where Thy people be. Though the arrow past us fly, Angel-guards from Thee surround us; We are safe if Thou art nigh. Should swift death this night o'ertake And our couch become our tomb,[us, May the morn in heaven awake us, Clad in light and deathless bloom. James Edmeston, 1820 2 Deeper, deeper grow the shadows, 3 4 Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying, 5 Tarry with me, O my Saviour, Caroline L. Smith, 1853: recast in Plymouth Coll., 1855, and Songs of the Church, 1862 |