Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Silently the shades of evening
Topic: Home/Evening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1204
Page Number: 722, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSilently the shades of evening
Gather round my lowly door;
Silently they bring before me
Faces I shall see no more.
O! the lost, the unforgotten.
Though the world be oft forgot;
O! the shrouded and the lonely-
In our hearts thy perish not.
Living in the silent hours,
Where our spirits only blend,
They, unlinked with earthly trouble
We, still hoping for its end.
How such holy memories cluster,
Like the stars when storms are past;
Pointing up to that far heaven
We may hope to gain at last.