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| Text: | Vesper |
| Author: | George Hall |
| Tune: | [Softly the shadows darken] |
| Composer: | Gordon E. Hooker |
1 Softly the shadows darken
The western sky;
Softly the twilight deepens,
To fade and die.
Refrain:
Softly, softly, softly creeps on the night;
Resting safely in Jesus
Till dawns the light.
2 Resting, we sleep in Jesus,
Safe from all harm;
Peacefully rest each moment,
What wondrous calm. [Refrain]
3 Jesus the Friend of sinners,
One Whom we love;
Quiet our hearts before Thee
Oh Lord above. [Refrain]
4 Guard Thou the long night watches
Over Thine own,
Till we awake in glory
Before the throne. [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Softly the shadows darken |
| Title: | Vesper |
| Author: | George Hall |
| Refrain First Line: | Softly, softly, softly creeps on the night |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1929 |
| Copyright: | © 1923 by Gordon E. Hooker |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [Softly the shadows darken] |
| Composer: | Gordon E. Hooker |
| Copyright: | 1923 by Gordon E. Hooker |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
| Media | |
|---|---|
| MIDI file: |  MIDI |
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