19 (ABENDS) L. M.

1 O Light of life, O Saviour dear,
Before we sleep bow down Thine ear:
Through dark and day, o'er land and sea,
We have no other hope but Thee.
2 Oft from Thy royal road we part,
Lost in the mazes of the heart:
Our lamps put out, our course forgot,
We seek for God, and find Him not.

Bishop Thomas Ken, 1688, 1695

3 What sudden sunbeams cheer our sight!
What dawning risen upon the night!
Thou giv'st Thyself to us, and we
Find guide and path and all in Thee.
4 Through day and darkness, Saviour dear,
Abide with us, more nearly near;
Till on Thy face we lift our eyes,
The Sun of God's own Paradise.

5 Praise God, our Maker and our Friend;
Praise Him through time, till time shall end;
Till psalm and song His Name adore
Through heaven's great day of evermore.

Francis T. Palgrave, 1865

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 succors 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, awakened by Thy call,
With Thee, O Lord, for ever to abide
In that blest day which has no eventide.

SUNDOWN 10.10.10.10.10.10.

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Voices in unison

Bishop Christopher Wordsworth, 1863

John H. Gower, 1890

1 The day is gently sink - ing to a close, Faint-er and yet more faint the

Arr. from Georg Joseph, 1657. in "Cantica Spiritualia," 1847

1 At e-ven, when the sun was set, The sick, O Lord, around Thee lay;

O in what di-vers pains they met! O with what joy they went away!

O in what di- vers pains they met! O with what joy they went away! A-MEN.

1 A-gain, as evening's shad -ow falls, We gather in

ves - per hymn and ves - per prayer Rise ming-ling on the holy air. A-MEN.