Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: The day is past and gone
Topic: Evening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 263
Page Number: 223, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe day is past and gone,
The ev'ning shades appear;
O may we all remember well,
The night of death is near.
We lay our garments by,
Upon our bed to rest,
So death will soon unrobe us all,
Of what we now possess.
Lord keep us safe this night,
Secure from all our fears;
Beneath the pinions of thy love,
Till morning light appears.
And when we early rise,
And view the shining sun,
May we set out to win the prize
And after glory run.
And when our days are past,
And we from time remove,
O may we in thy bosom rest,
The bosom of thy love.