Voices United ‎#437

437. The Day You Gave Us, God, Is Ended

1 The day you gave us, God, is ended,
the sun is sinking in the west;
to you our morning hymns ascended,
your praise shall sanctify our rest.

2 We thank you that your church unsleeping,
while earth rolls onward into light,
through all the world a watch is keeping
and rests not now by day or night.

3 As o'er each continent and island
the dawn leads on another day,
the voice of prayer is never silent,
nor dies the strain of praise away.

4 The sun that bids us rest is waking
your church beneath the western sky,
and hour by hour fresh lips are making
your wondrous doings heard on high.

5 So be it, God! Your throne shall never,
like earth's proud empires, pass away;
your rule remains and grows forever,
until there dawns that glorious day.

Text Information

• First Line: The day you gave us, God, is ended
• Title: The Day You Gave Us, God, Is Ended
• Author: John Ellerton (1870, alt. 1994)
• Meter: 9 8 9 8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Church at Worship: Closing and Evening Hymns; liturgical: Closing Songs; Church: Ecumenism; Church: Permanence; Church: Triumphant; Church: Universal; Closing Hymns; Evening; Evening Prayer; God: Faithfulness; God: Reign; Gratitude; Kingdom of God; Light; Praise; Prayer; Providence; Rest; Service Music: Sending Forth/Commissioning; Sun; Sundays/Sabbath; Thankfulness; Trust; Worship; Proper 12: Year A

Tune Information

• Name: ST CLEMENT
• Composer: Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1874)
• Meter: 9 8 9 8
• Key: G Major