Text 1Day is dying in the west;Heaven is touching earth with rest;Wait and worship while the nightSets the evening lamps alightThrough all the sky. RefrainHoly, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts!Heaven and earth are full of Thee!Heaven and earth are praising Thee,O Lord most high! 2Lord of life, beneath the domeOf the universe, Thy home,Gather…
Category: WORSHIP
Text 1Now the day is over,night is drawing nigh,Shadows of the eveningsteal across the sky. 2Father, give the weary,calm and sweet repose;With Thy tenderest blessingMay our eyelids close. 3Through the long night watches,may thine angels spreadTheir white wings above me,watching round my bed. Hymn Info Biblical Reference(b) Prov 3:24 (c) Ps 34:7 AuthorSabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)…
Text 1All praise to thee, my God, this night,for all the blessings of the light!Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,beneath thine own almighty wings. 2Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,the ill that I this day have done,that with the world, myself, and thee,I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 3O may…
Text 1O gladsome light,Of God the Father’s face,The eternal splendour wearing;Celestial, holy, blest,Our Saviour, Jesus Christ,Joyful in Thine appearing. 2Now e’er day fadeth quite,We see the evening light,Our wonted hymn outpouring;Father of might unknown,Thee His incarnate Son,And Holy Spirit adoring. 3To Thee of right belongsAll praise of holy songs,O Son of God, life giver;Thee, therefore,…
Text 1Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me,Bless Thy little lamb tonight;Through the darkness be Thou near me;Watch my sleep till morning light. 2All this day Thy hand has led me,And I thank Thee for Thy care;Thou hast clothed me, warmed and fed me;Listen to my evening prayer. Hymn Info Biblical Reference(a) John 10:14, Prov 3:24 (b)…
Text 1The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended;the darkness falls at Thy behest;to Thee our morning hymns ascended;Thy praise shall hallow now our rest. 2We thank Thee that Thy church, unsleepingwhile earth rolls onward into light,through all the world her watch is keeping,and rests not now by day or night. 3As o’er each continent and…
Text 1Now all the woods are sleeping,And night and stillness creepingO’er city, man, and beast;But thou, my heart, awake thee,To pray’r awhile be take thee,And praise thy Maker ere thou rest. 2My Jesus, stay Thou by me,And let no foe come nigh me,Safe sheltered by Thy wing;But would the foe alarm me,O let him never…
Text 1Hark! the vesper hymn is stealingO’er the waters soft and clear;Jubilate, Jubilate, Jubilate,Amen. 2Nearer yet, and nearer pealing,Soft it breaks upon the ear.Jubilate, Jubilate, Jubilate,Amen. Hymn Info AuthorThomas Moore (c. 1710-1792) Performance SuggestionsAccompaniment may play either or both sources for the duration of the canon. This canon may be sung by from 2-18 voices.…
Text 1Great our joy as now we gatherWhere the Master makes us one:Where we worship God the FatherThro’ the Spirit of His Son.All who search for His churchFind it where His will is done. 2Precious is the tie that binds usTo our God when faith grows cold;Precious all that now reminds usHe is still our…
Text 1Blessed Jesus, at Thy word,We have gathered all to hear Thee;By Thy word our hearts were stirred,Now to seek and love and fear Thee.By Thy teachings sweet and holy,Let us learn to love Thee solely. 2All our knowledge, sense, and sight,Lie in deepest darkness shrouded;Till Thy Spirit breaks our night,With His beams of truth…