The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1168

1168. Day Is Dying in the West

1. Day is dying in the west;
Heav’n 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!
Heav’n and earth are full of Thee!
Heav’n and earth are praising Thee,
O Lord most high!

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]

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]

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]

Text Information

• First Line: Day is dying in the west
• Title: Day Is Dying in the West
• Author: Mary A. Lathbury (1877 & 1879)
• Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts!
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: For another arrangement, see "Lord, Our Lord, Thy Glorious Name." She wrote this hymn, and Break Thou the Bread of Life, on the shores of Lake Chautauqua, New York.

Tune Information

• Name: CHAUTAUQUA
• Composer: William Fiske Sherwin (1877)
• Incipit: 11165 45111 65457
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain