555 The day is past and over:
1 The day is past and over:
All thanks, O Lord, to Thee!
I pray Thee now that sinless
The hours of dark may be,
O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight,
And save me through the coming night!
2 The toils of day are over;
I lift my heart to Thee;
And ask that free from peril
The hours of dark may be,
O Jesus, make their darkness light,
And guard me through the coming night!
3 Be Thou my soul's preserver,
O God! for Thou dost know
How many are the perils
Through which I have to go.
Lover of men, O hear my call,
And guard and save me from them all!
Text Information
- Author
- Anatolius, ca. 800
Tune Information
- Name
- St. Anatolius
- Meter
- 7, 6, 7, 6, 8. 8.
- Source
- A. H. Brown, 1862