The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended

General information

The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended is a hymn by John Ellerton, written in 1870 for A Liturgy for Missionary Meetings, and revised by its author for Church Hymns (1871).

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Joseph Barnby — The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended  English SATB
• Clement Cotterill Scholefield — The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended  English SATB
• Andrew Sims — St Clement - descant  English S
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley — The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended  English SATB
• Herbert Hall Woodward — The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended  English SATB

Text and translations

English text 1  The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended, The darkness falls at thy behest; To thee our morning hymns ascended, Thy praise shall sanctify our rest. 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. 3  As o'er each continent and island The dawn leads on another day, The voice of prayer is never silent, Nor dies the strain of praise away.

4  The sun that bids us rest is waking Our brethren 'neath the western sky, And hour by hour fresh lips are making Thy wondrous doings heard on high. 5  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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