2 The day is gone, its hours have run,
And Thou hast taken count of all,
The scanty triumphs grace
hath won,
The broken vow, the frequent fall.
Thro' life's long day and death's dark night,
O gentle Jesus, be our light.

3 Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways
True absolution and release,
And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace.
Thro' life's long day and death's dark night,
O gentle Jesus, be our light.

4 For all we love, the poor, the sad, The sinful, unto Thee we call;

O let Thy mercy make us glad;

Thou art our Saviour, and our all. Thro' life's long day and death's dark night, O gentle Jesus, be our light.

5 Sweet Saviour, bless us; night is come; Thro' night and darkness near us be; Good angels watch about our home,

And we are one day nearer Thee. Thro' life's long day and death's dark night, O gentle Jesus, be our light.

bd

8 -6

A men.

2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye Naught escapes, without, within, Pardon each infirmity,

Open fault, and secret sin.

3 Soon for me, the light of day Shall for ever pass away;

36 DEPARTING DAY 8, 8, 8, 4

Then, from sin and sorrow free,

Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee.

4 Thou who, sinless, yet hast known
All of man's infirmity,
Then, from Thine eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.

G. W. Doane, 1827

H. Knapp, 1908

2 Our life is but a fading dawn,
Its glorious noon how quickly past!
Lead us, O Christ, when all is gone,
Safe home at last;

3 Where saints are clothed in spotless white,
And evening shadows never fall,
Where Thou, Eternal Light of Light
Art Lord of all.

In Israel are His mercies known, Israel is His peculiar throne.

He's your defence, your joy, your rest; When terrors rise, and nations faint, God is the strength of every saint.

39 MIRIAM 7s, 6s. 81.

J. P. Holbrook (1822-1888)

E. H. Bickersteth, 1866