Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#474

474. 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The sun is sinking fast
• Author: Unknown (1805)
• Translator: Edward Caswall (1858)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: Evening

Tune Information

• Name: ST. COLUMBIA
• Composer: Herbert S. Irons (1861)
• Meter: 6 4, 6 6
• Key: F Major