CPWI Hymnal ‎#29

29. The sun is sinking fast

1 The sun is sinking fast,
the daylight dies;
let love awake, and pay
her evening sacrifice.

2 As Christ upon the cross
his head inclined,
and to his Father's hands
his parting soul resigned,

3 so now herself my soul
would wholly give
into his sacred charge,
in whom all spirits live;

4 so now beneath his eye
would calmly rest,
without a wish or thought
abiding in the breast,

5 save that his will be done,
whate'er betide;
dead to herself, and dead
in him to all beside.

6 Thus would I live: yet now
not I, but he,
in all his power and love
henceforth alive in me.

7 One sacred Trinity!
One Lord divine!
May I be ever his,
and he for ever mine.

Text Information

• First Line: The sun is sinking fast
• Latin Title: Sol praecps rapitur, poxima nox adest
• Author: Anonymous
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878
• Meter: 6.4.6.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Evening
• Source: c18th century, Latin

Tune Information

• Name: ST COLUMBA (IRONS)
• Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons, 1834-1905
• Meter: 6.4.6.6
• Key: F Major