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Now the day is over

by Sabine Baring-Gould

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 52.

Verse 1

Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh, Shadows of the evening Steal across the sky.

Verse 2

Father, give the weary, Calm and sweet repose; With Thy tenderest blessing May our eyelids close.

Verse 3

Through the long night watches, May Thine angels spread Their white wings above me, Watching round my bed.

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