2 The day is done, its hours have run; And Thou hast taken count of all, The scanty triumphs grace hath won,

The broken vow, the frequent fall. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our Light.

And make our luke-warm hearts to glow With lowly love and fer - vent will.

3 Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways
True absolution and release;
And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace.
Through life's long day and death's

dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our Light.

Through life's long day and death's dark night, O gentle Jesus, be

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4 Do more than pardon; give us joy,
Sweet fear, and sober liberty,
And loving hearts without alloy,

That only long to be like Thee. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our Light.

5 For all we love, the poor, the sad,
The sinful, unto Thee we call;
O let Thy mercy make us glad;

Thou art our Jesus, and our All. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our Light.

Rev. Frederick W. Faber, 1849

73 SOLITUDE 7.7.7.7.

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With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day:
Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,
That in this house have called upon Thy Name.

3 Grant us Thy peace, Lord, through the coming night;
Turn Thou for us its darkness into light;
From harm and danger keep Thy children free,
For dark and light are both alike to Thee.

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4 Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life,
Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife;
Then, when Thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,
Call us, O Lord, to Thine eternal peace.

Edward J. Hopkins, 1869

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Rev. John B. Dykes, 1868

2 The hope of heaven's eternal days
Absorbs not all the heart

That gives Thee glory, love, and praise,
For being what Thou art.

(See also SERENITY, No. 113, and DALEHURST, No. 51)

6 For when we feel the praise of Thee
A task beyond our powers,
We say, "A perfect God is He,
And He is fully ours."

Here lin- gering still, we ask for naught, But sim- ply wor-ship Thee.

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that brought Thy children to Thy knee;

J. Varley Roberts, 1889

A-MEN.

3 For Thou art God, the One, the Same, 5 O Thou, above all blessing blest,
O'er thanks exalted far,

O'er all things high and bright;
And round us, when we speak Thy Name, Thy very greatness is a rest
There spreads a heaven of light.
To weaklings as we are;

4 0 wondrous peace, in thought to dwell
On excellence Divine;

To know that naught in man can tell
How fair Thy beauties shine!

Rev. William Bright, 1865

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See! the shades of eve- ning gather,

2 Deeper, deeper grow the shadows,
Paler now the glowing west,
Swift the night of death advances;
Shall it be the night of rest?

3 Lonely seems the vale of shadow;

Sinks my heart with troubled fear; Give me faith for clearer vision,

Speak Thou, Lord, in words of cheer.

SARDIS 8.7.8.7.

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4 Let me hear Thy voice behind me,
Calming all these wild alarms;
Let me, underneath my weakness,
Feel the everlasting arms.

6 Tarry with me, O my Saviour,
Lay my head upon Thy breast
Till the morning; then awake me
Morning of eternal rest.

Mrs. Caroline L. Smith, 1853: recast in "Plymouth Coll.," 1855, and "Songs of the Church," 1862

5 Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying,
Lord, I cast myself on Thee;
Tarry with me through the darkness;
While I sleep, still watch by me.

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