Hymn: The day is gently sinking to a close
- Title: The day is gently sinking to a close
- First Line: The day is gently sinking to a close
- Hymnal: Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
- Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
- Publisher: Remsen & Haffelfinger
- Publication Date: 1871
Author(s)
- Author Name: Christopher Wordsworth
- Born: 1807
- Died: 1855
- Gender: M
Full Text
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 Our changeful lives are ebbing to an end; Onward to darkness and to death we tend: O Conqueror of the grave, be Thou our Guide, Be Thou our light in death's dark eventide; Then in our mortal hour will be no gloom, No sting in death, no terror in the tomb. 3 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 succours fail: When all is dark may we behold Thee nigh, And hear Thy voice -- 'Fear not, for it is I.' 4 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 awaken'd by Thy call, With Thee, O Lord, for ever to abide In that blest day which has no eventide.