Day Is Dying In The West
- Words:
- Mary A. Lathbury
- Music:
- William F. Sherwin
Sheet music
- 1Day is dying in the west;Heav’n is touching earth with rest;Wait and worship while the nightSets the evening lamps alightThru all the sky.Holy, Holy, Holy,Lord God of Hosts! (of Hosts)Heav’n and earth are full of Thee;Heav’n and earth are praising Thee,O Lord most high!
- 2Lord of life, beneath the domeOf the universe, Thy home,Gather us who seek Thy faceTo the fold of Thy embrace,For Thou art nigh.Holy, Holy, Holy,Lord God of Hosts! (of Hosts)Heav’n and earth are full of Thee;Heav’n and earth are praising Thee,O Lord most high!
- 3While the deep’ning shadows fall,Heart of love, enfolding all,Thru the glory and the graceOf the stars that veil Thy face,Our hearts ascend.Holy, Holy, Holy,Lord God of Hosts! (of Hosts)Heav’n and earth are full of Thee;Heav’n and earth are praising Thee,O Lord most high!
- 4When forever from our sightPass the stars, the day, the night,Lord of angels, on our eyesLet eternal morning rise,And shadows end.Holy, Holy, Holy,Lord God of Hosts! (of Hosts)Heav’n and earth are full of Thee;Heav’n and earth are praising Thee,O Lord most high!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1878, the words are in 634 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.