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Evening Hymn

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Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining

Tune: LAST BEAM
Published in 163 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining;
Father in heaven! the day is declining;
Safety and innocence flee with the light,
Temptation and danger walk forth with the night;
From the fall of the shade till the morning bells chime,
Shield us from danger and keep us from crime!
Father! have mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord! Amen!

2 Father in heaven! O, hear, when we call,
Through Jesus Christ, who is Saviour of all!
Fainting and feeble, we trust in Thy might;
In doubting and darkness Thy love be our light!
Let us sleep on Thy breast while the night taper burns,
And wake in Thy arms when the morning returns.
Father! have mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord! Amen!

Source: Gospel Praise Book.: a collection of choice gems of sacred song suitable for church service, gospel praise meetings, and family devotions. (Complete ed.) #238

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining
Title:	Evening Hymn
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Notes

Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining. [Evening.] This anonymous hymn appeared in Hymns for Vestry and Fireside, Boston, U.S., 1841, where it is ascribed to the Sacred Minstrel, a book of tunes, dated 1830. It has attained to great popularity in America, and is given in a great number of modern hymn-books, although unknown to those in Great Britain. It is in a peculiar metre and of exceptional merit. Original text in Songs for the Sanctuary, N. Y., 1865 and 1872.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

LAST BEAM

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Media

Audio

MIDI file from Gospel Praise Book.: a collection of choice gems of sacred song suitable for church service, gospel praise meetings, and family devotions. (Complete ed.) #238

Page Scans

The De La Salle Hymnal: for Catholic schools and choirs (1913), p.72

Instances

Instances (1 - 100 of 163)

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #370

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #370

A Collection of Choral Hymns for the ... Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Congregation #d38

A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #S5

A Selection of Spiritual Songs #133

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d213

Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #59

Carmina Sanctorum #59

Catholic School Chimes Part I #d9

Children's Hymn Book and Sodality Manual #d19

Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #T31

Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #218

Choral Harp for Sunday Schools #d33

Christian Praise #79

Christian Praise #T115b

Church Harmonies #152

Companion of Praise for the Sunday School, Family and Prayer Meeting #d51

Coronation Hymns and Songs #132

Cottage Melodies; a hymn and tune book, for prayer and social meetings and the home circle #392

Die Union Choral Harmonie #d47

Evangel Songs #254

Evangelical Hymnal #6

Family and Social Melodies #d82

Garlands of Praise #140

Gleanings of Sacred Song #240

Gospel Light, or Hymns and Tunes for all Occasions of Christian Work and Worship #d91

Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d33

Gospel Praise Book. #238

Heavenly Echoes #d36

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d129

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #865

Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #811

Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #81

Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #811

Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #6

Hymnal for Christian Science Church and Sunday School Services #193

Hymnal, Church of the Brethren #d92

Hymns and Songs for Children's Worship, Together with Selections for Anniversary and Festive Occasions #48

Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1026

Hymns and Tunes for Home Worship #d49

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d105

Hymns for the Use of Catholic Catechists and Sunday Schools, for the Diocese of Cleveland #d15

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d83

Hymns New and Old, No. 2 #77

Hymns of the Ages #279

Hymns of the Ages #279

Hymns of the Spirit #169

Hymns of The Voice of Praise #d59

Hymns of Worship and Service #46

Hymns of Worship and Service (15th ed.) #46

Hymns of Worship and Service (Chapel Ed., 4th ed.) #30

Hymns of Worship and Service #46

Hymns of Worship and Service. (Chapel ed.) #30

Hymns used by the Pupils of the Sisters of Notre Dame #d48

In Excelsis for School and Chapel #39

In Excelsis for School and Chapel. l7th ed. #d49

In Excelsis #843

In Excelsis #a843

Joyful Greeting #197

Juvenile Choir #40

Laudamus #39

Laudis Corona #206b

Love and Praise #d30

Manual of Catholic Melodies #d36

Manual of Select Catholic Hymns and Devotions for the Use of Schools, Colleges, Academies and Congregations. Rev. #d23

Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #48

National Hymn and Tune Book #273

New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #548

New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #548

Plymouth Collection #a1353

Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1353

Popular Hymns for Youth #d34

Popular Hymns, revised #14

Praise and Thanks #72

Praise and Thanks #B1-72

Prison Hymn Book #d78

Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #376

Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected #d88

Rohr's Favorite Catholic Melodies #d17

Sabbath Bells #53

Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #39

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d106

School Recreations #d32

Select Songs for the Singing Service #346

Select Songs for the Sunday School #346

Service and Hymns for Sunday Schools #d30

Soldier's Friend #d15

Songs for the Lord's House #C25

Songs for the New Life #d138

Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #184

Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #184

Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #184

Songs for the Sanctuary #184

Songs for the Sanctuary #184

Songs for the Sanctuary #184

Songs for the School #d30

Songs for Worship #98

Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d126

Songs of the Church #100

Songs of the Unity #d44

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