The Day Thou Gavest

The Day Thou Gavest

Text written in 1870 by John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Sung to ST. CLEMENT, composed in 1874 by Clement C. Scholefield (1839-1904)

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V. 1 The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended,

The darkness falls at Thy behest;

To Thee our morning hymns ascended,

Thy praise shall hallow now our rest.

V. 2 We thank Thee that Thy church, unsleeping,

While earth rolls onward into light,

Through all the world her watch is keeping,

And rests not now by day or night.

V. 3 As o'er each continent and island

The dawn leads on another day,

The voice of prayer is never silent,

Nor die the strains of praise away.

Daniel 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

V. 4 So be it, Lord; Thy throne shall never,

Like earth's proud empires, pass away;

Thy kingdom stands, and grows forever,

Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway.