Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Fading still fading the last beam is shining
Topic: Home/Evening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune: The Last Beam
Hymn Number: 800
Page Number: 301, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFading, still fad-ing, the last beam is shin-ing,
Fa-ther in heav-en! the day is de-clin-ing.
Safe-ty and in-no-cence flee with the light,
Tempta-tion and dan-ger walk forth with the night;
From the fall of the shade till the morning bells chime,
Shield us from dan-ger, keep us from crime.
Fa-ther, have mer-cy,
Fa-ther, have mer-cy,
Fa-ther, have mer-cy, thro' Je-sus Christ our Lord.
Father, in heav-en! oh hear when we call;
Hear, for the Christ's sake, who is Sav-ior of all;
Fee-ble and faint-ing, we trust in thy might,
In doubt-ing and dark-ness thy love be our light;
Let us sleep on thy breast while the night ta-per burns,
Wake in thy arms when morn-ing re-turns.
Fa-ther, etc.
A-men.