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The day is done, the weary day of thought and toil is past

The day is done, the weary day of thought and toil is past

Author: Eliza Scudder
Tune: BRENTWOOD (Nichol)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Eliza Scudder

Scudder, Eliza , niece of Dr. E. H. Sears, (q.v.), was born in Boston, U.S.A., Nov. 14,1821, and now (1888) lives in Salem, Massachusetts. Formerly an Unitarian, she some time ago joined the Protestant Episcopal Church. Her hymns in common use are:— 1. From past regret and present[faithlessness] feebleness . Repentance. In the Quiet Hours, Boston, 1875. 2. I cannot find Thee! Still on restless pinion . Seeking after God. Appeared in Longfellow and Johnson's Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit, 1864. 3. In Thee my powers and treasures live. Faith. 4. Life of our life, and light of all our seeing! Prayer. In the Boston Quiet Hours, 1875. 5. The day is done; the weary day of thought and toil is past. Evening. In Sermons and Son… Go to person page >

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First Line: The day is done, the weary day of thought and toil is past
Author: Eliza Scudder
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Treasury of American Sacred Song with Notes Explanatory and Biographical #149

The Treasury of American Sacred Song with Notes Explanatory and Biographical #149
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Worship Song #609

Worship Song #609
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