Sacred Harp
EVENING 7s, Original.
- Words:
- George W. Doane, 1824
- Music:
- J. L. White. 1869. Alto by S. M. Denson, 1911
Sheet music
Softly now the light of day…
In the hymnals
- Written in 1824, the words are in 930 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music is 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.