Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: The mellow eve is gliding
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 6s
Tune: Sunset
Hymn Number: 680
Page Number: 249, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe mellow eve is gliding
Se-rene-ly down the west;
So, every care sub-sid-ing,
My soul would sink to rest.
The woodland hum is ringing
The daylight's gentle close;
May angels, round me sing-ing,
Thus hymn my last re-pose.
The evening star has lighted
Her crystal lamp on high;
So, when in death benighted,
May hope illume the sky.
In golden splendor dawning,
The morrow's light shall break;
Oh, on the last bright morning
May I in glory wake!