The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10766

10766. Day Of Life

1 Day of Life, all sorrows ending,
Day when death itself will die,
All the veil of darkness rending
On the mountain, on the sky:
Travailed for in all creation
Light shall now no more delay,
Crowning prayer with swift salvation,
Wiping every tear away.

2 O what blissful joy’s endearing,
Hearts so weary and so sore,
Those who loved His first appearing
Now to see and love Him more!
O what rapture, O what pleasure,
Now no worldly joys to love;
O what sorrow, now no treasure
There to find amassed above!

Text Information

• First Line: Day of Life, all sorrows ending
• Title: Day Of Life
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Source: Author unknown, 12th Century; Occasional Hymns by Herbert Kynaston (London: R. Clay, Son & Taylor, 1862)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: PORT-AU-PRINCE by Judson; PUERTO VALLARTA by Annie F. Harrison

Tune Information

• Name: SAILING
• Composer: Philip Paul Bliss (1871)
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain