10407. Behold The Western Evening Light

1 Behold the western evening light!
It melts in deepening gloom:
So calmly Christians sink away,
Descending to the tomb.
The winds breathe low, the withering leaf
Scarce whispers from the tree;
So gently flows the parting breath,
When good men cease to be.

2 How beautiful on all the hills
The crimson light is shed!
’Tis like the peace the Christian gives
To mourners round his bed.
How mildly on the wandering cloud
The sunset beam is cast!
’Tis like the memory left behind
When loved ones breathe their last.

3 And now above the dew of night
The rising star appears:
So faith springs in the heart of those
Whose eyes are bathed in tears.
But soon the morning’s happier light
Its glory shall restore,
And eyelids that are sealed in death
Shall wake to close no more.

Text Information
First Line: Behold the western evening light!
Title: Behold The Western Evening Light
Author: William B. O. Peabody
Meter: CMD
Language: English
Source: American Sunday School Psalmody, by Elam Eves, Jr. (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1832)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CAROLYN
Composer: Emmelar (arr.)
Meter: CMD
Key: F Major
Source: The New Laudes Domini by Charles S. Robinson and Edward Judson (New York: Century Company, 1892)
Notes: "Emmelar" may be a pseudonym—Robinson used it elsewhere to name one of Joseph Barnby’s tunes; it comes from M. L. R, the initials of Robinson’s daughter, Mary L. Robinson.



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