LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | John Keble
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1820,1827
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 84:11; Lk 24:29
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 973
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 62
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 703
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 15
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 28
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 28
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 72
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 11
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 21
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 618
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 577
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 21
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 24
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 11
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 24
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 24
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 646
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
|
| 412
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 566
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 621
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 462
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 942
| Mirfield Mission Hymn Book
| 1955
| 125
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 251
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 26
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
|
| 302
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 38
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 55
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 20
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 18
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 49
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 274
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 20
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 166
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 346
| Universal Hymn Book
| 1885
| 614
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MUSIC
 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 577
| No key
| Baptist Hymnal
| 15
| F
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 412
| F
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 302
| F
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 942
| F
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 24
| F
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Alternate Tunes
| ABENDS | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Herbert Stanley Oakeley | | ANGELUS | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Georg Joseph & 1657 Scheffler's Hetlige Seelunlust | | BIRLING | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | H. Otto Konrad Zink | | HERR GOTT VATER | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Samuel Besler | | ANGELUS | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Georg Joseph & 1657 Scheffler's Hetlige Seelunlust | | KEBLE | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | John Bacchus Dykes |
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| 1. Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,
It is not night if Thou be near;
O may no earthborn cloud arise
To hide Thee from Thy servant’s eyes.
2. When the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
Forever on my Savior’s breast.
3. Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without Thee I cannot live;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not die.
4. If some poor
wandering child of Thine
Has spurned today the voice Divine,
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
Let him no more lie down in sin.
5. Watch by the sick, enrich the poor
With blessings from
Thy boundless store;
Be every mourner’s sleep tonight,
Like infants’ slumbers, pure and right.
6. Come near and bless us
when we wake,
Ere through the world our way we take,
Till in the ocean of Thy love
We lose ourselves in heaven above.
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