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The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended

by John Ellerton

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 56.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

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