Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Softly now the light of day
Topic: Evening Songs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 291
Page Number: 362, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSOFTLY now the light of day
Fades upon our sight away,
Free, from care, from labor free,
Lord, we would commune with thee.
Soon for us the light of day
Shall for ever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee.