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The Day Is Gently Sinking to a Close

Author: Christopher Wordsworth Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 148 hymnals Matching Instances: 44 Lyrics: 1. The day is gently sinking to a close, Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows: O brightness of Thy Father’s glory, Thou eternal light of light, be with us now: Where Thou art present darkness cannot be; Midnight is glorious noon, O Lord, with Thee. 2. Our changeful lives are ebbing to an end; Onward to darkness and to death we tend; O conqueror of the grave, be Thou our guide; Be Thou our light in death’s dark eventide; Then in our mortal hour will be no gloom, No sting in death, no terror in the tomb. 3. Thou, who in darkness walking didst appear Upon the waves, and Thy disciples cheer, Come, Lord, in lonesome days, when storms assail, And earthly hopes and human succors fail; When all is dark, may we behold Thee nigh, And hear Thy voice, Fear not, for it is I. 4. The weary world is moldering to decay, Its glories wane, its pageants fade away: In that last sunset, when the stars shall fall, May we arise, awakened by Thy call, With Thee, O Lord, forever to abide, In that blest day which has no eventide. Used With Tune: NACHTLIED Text Sources: Holy Year, third edition, 1863

Through Love to Light

Author: Richard W. Gilder, 1844-1909 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 11 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 First Line: Through love to light! O wonderful the way Lyrics: Through love to light! O wonderful the way That leads from darkness to the perfect day! From darkness and from sorrow of the night To morn that cometh singing o’er the sea. Through love to light! through light, O God, to Thee, Who art the love of love, th’eternal light of light! Used With Tune: NACHTLIED

I dared not hope that Thou

Author: Edwin Hatch, 1835-89 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 9 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Topics: The Christian Life Pilgrimage, Guidance, Perseverance Used With Tune: NACHTLIED

Hail, gladdening Light, of His pure glory poured

Author: John Keble Appears in 62 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Used With Tune: NACHTLIED

And now, O Father, mindful of the love

Author: Rev. W. Bright Appears in 92 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Lyrics: 1 And now, O Father, mindful of the love That bought us, once for all, on Calvary's tree, And having with us Him that pleads above, We here present, we here spread forth to Thee, That only offering perfect in Thine eyes, The one true, pure, immortal sacrifice. 2 Look, Father, look on His anointed face, And only look on us as found in Him; Look not on our misusings of Thy grace Our prayer so languid, and our faith so dim; For lo! between our sins and their reward, We set the Passion of Thy Son our Lord. 3 And then for those, our dearest and our best, By this prevailing presence we appeal; Oh, fold them closer to Thy mercy's breast! Oh, do Thine utmost for their souls' true weal! From tainting mischief keep them white and clear, And crown Thy gifts with strength to persevere. 4 And so we come; Oh, draw us to Thy feet, Most patient Savior, Who canst love us still! And by this Food, so awful and so sweet, Deliver us from every touch of ill: In Thine own service make us glad and free, And grant us nevermore to part with Thee. Amen. Used With Tune: [And now, O Father, mindful of the love]

I Have no Help but Thine

Author: H. Bonar Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 First Line: I have no help but Thine; nor do I need Used With Tune: [I have no help but Thine; nor do I need]