A Collection of Sacred Song #45(H163)
Display Title: Saviour, when night involves the skies First Line: Saviour, when night involves the skies Date: 1861
A Collection of Sacred Song #45(H163)
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
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 >| 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 |
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