1. The day is gently sinking to a close,
Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows:
O brightness of thy Father's glory, thou
Eternal Light of light, be with us now:
Where thou art present, darkness cannot be;
Midnight is glorious noon, O Lord, with thee.
2. Thou, who in darkness walking didst appear
Upon the waves and thy disciples cheer,
Come, Lord in lonesome days, when storms assail,
And earthly hopes and human succors fail:
When all is dark may we behold thee nigh
And hear thy voice, "Fear not, for it is I."
3. The weary world is mouldering to decay,
Its glories wane, its pageants fade away;
In that last sunset when the stars shall fall,
May we arise awakened by thy call,
With thee, O lord, for ever to abide
In that blest day which has no eventide.
Source: New Baptist Hymnal: containing standard and Gospel hymns and responsive readings #16
Christopher Wordsworth--nephew of the great lake-poet, William Wordsworth--was born in 1807. He was educated at Winchester, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A., with high honours, in 1830; M.A. in 1833; D.D. in 1839. He was elected Fellow of his College in 1830, and public orator of the University in 1836; received Priest's Orders in 1835; head master of Harrow School in 1836; Canon of Westminster Abbey in 1844; Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge in 1847-48; Vicar of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks, in 1850; Archdeacon of Westminster, in 1865; Bishop of Lincoln, in 1868. His writings are numerous, and some of them very valuable. Most of his works are in prose. His "Holy Year; or, Hymns for Sundays, Holidays, and other occ… Go to person page >
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