Softly now the light of day
by George W. Dnane (1799–1859)
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 48.
Verse 1
Softly now the light of day Fades upon our sight away: Free from care, from labor free, Lord, we would commune with Thee.
Verse 2
Thou, whose allpervading eye Nought escapes, without, within, Pardon each infirmity, Open fault, and secret sin.
Verse 3
Soon from us the light of day Shall forever pass away; Then, from sin and sorrow free, Take us, Lord, to dwell with Thee.