As Now The Sun’s Declining Rays
- Words:
- Charles Coffin
- Music:
- Sir Joseph Barnby
Sheet music
- 1As now the sun’s declining raysAt even tide descend,E’en so our years are sinking downTo their appointed end.To God the Father, God the Son,And God the Holy Ghost,All glory be from saints on earth,And from the angel host.Amen.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 59 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.