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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 687 · Words: Mary A. Lathbury · Tune: CHAUTAUQUA
Day is Dying in the West
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written by Mary Lathbury in 1877 for the Chautauqua Institution's evening vesper services, this hymn uses the image of sunset to call worshippers into reverent, prayerful stillness before God. Its refrain echoes the Sanctus ('Holy, holy, holy') and has made it a beloved evening worship hymn.
Verse 1
Day is dying in the west;
heaven is touching
earth with rest;
wait and worship
while the night
sets the evening
lamps alight
through all the sky.
Refrain
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth
are full of thee!
Heaven and earth
are praising thee,
O Lord most high!
Verse 2
Lord of life
beneath the dome
of the universe,
thy home,
gather us who
seek thy face
to the fold
of thy embrace,
for thou art nigh.
Refrain
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth
are full of thee!
Heaven and earth
are praising thee,
O Lord most high!
Verse 3
While the deepening
shadows fall,
heart of love
enfolding all,
through the glory
and the grace
of the stars
that veil thy face,
our hearts ascend.
Refrain
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth
are full of thee!
Heaven and earth
are praising thee,
O Lord most high!
Verse 4
When forever
from our sight
pass the stars,
the day, the night,
Lord of angels,
on our eyes
let eternal morning rise
and shadows end.
Refrain
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth
are full of thee!
Heaven and earth
are praising thee,
O Lord most high!
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