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Savior, when night involves the skies

Savior, when night involves the skies

Author: Thomas Gisborne (1805)
Published in 70 hymnals

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Representative Text

1. Saviour, when night involves the skies,
My soul, adoring, turns to Thee;
Thee, self-abased in mortal guise,
And wrapt in shades of death for me.

2. On Thee my waking raptures dwell,
When crimson gleams the east adorn,
Thee, Victor of the grave and hell,
Thee, Source of life's eternal morn.

3. When noon her throne in light arrays,
To Thee my soul triumphant springs;
Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze,
Thee, Lord of lords and King of kings.

4. O'er earth, when shades of evening steal,
To death and Thee my thoughts I give;
To death, whose power I soon must feel,
To Thee, with Whom I trust to live.

Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1871

Author: Thomas Gisborne

Thomas Gisborne was born at Derby, in 1758. He became perpetual Curate of Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, in 1783, and Prebendary of Durham in 1826. He died in 1846. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Savior, when night involves the skies
Author: Thomas Gisborne (1805)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Source: Episcopal Collection
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

SWEDEN (Hiles)


QUEBEC (Baker)

Henry Baker (b. Nuneham, Oxfordshire, England, 1835; d. Wimbledon, England, 1910; not to be confused with Henry W. Baker) was educated as a civil engineer at Winchester and Cooper's Hill and was active in railroad building in India. In 1867 he completed a music degree at Exeter College, Oxford, Engl…

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HOLLEY


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The Cyber Hymnal #6438
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Instances

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A Collection of Sacred Song #45(H163)

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A Collection of Sacred Song #59(H163)

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A Collection of Sacred Song #45(H163)

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A Collection of Sacred Song #59(H163)

Chapel Hymns #d472

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Christian Song #175

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Church Choral-Book #131

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Church Chorals and Choir Studies #43

Church Hymns and Services, Published under License of the Church Pension Fund #d215

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Fellowship Hymns #38

Gloria in Excelsis #d591

Gloria in Excelsis #99

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Good-Will Songs #16

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #735

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #735

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #325a

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #325b

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Hymnal #325

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Hymnal #325

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Hymni Ecclesiae #99

Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d184

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d415

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Hymns of the Church #17

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Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention #163

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In Excelsis #627

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In Excelsis #a627

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H679

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Selections from the Psalms of David in Metre #H163

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #151

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #701

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #701

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #701

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Songs for the Sanctuary #701

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Songs for the Sanctuary #701

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Songs for the Sanctuary #701

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Songs of the Church #1043

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Sursum Corda #33a

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Sursum Corda #33b

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The Abingdon Hymnal #263

The Army and Navy Prayer Book #d35

The Best Loved Hymns and Prayers of the American People #42

The Book of Worship #d443

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The Church and Home Hymnal #283

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The Church Hymnal with Canticles #325

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The Church Hymnal #310

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The Church Hymnal #538

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The Church Hymnal #641

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The Church Hymnal #641

The Church-Book #d382

The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church #d337

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #709

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The Congregational Hymn Book #647

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The Cyber Hymnal #6438

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The Hymnal #145a

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The Hymnal #145b

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The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 #469

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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #641

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The Hymnal #39

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The Hymnal #34

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The Hymnal #145

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The Hymnal #641

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The Hymnal #325

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The Lecture-Room Hymn-Book #H163

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The New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, for Public, Social and Private Worship #128

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The People's Hymn Book #333

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The Psalmist #S79

The Vestry Hymn Book #d392

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