LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| | Writer(s): | John Ellerton
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| | Dates: | 1867,1868
| | Bible Refs: | Ex 20:10
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 68
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 282
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 52
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 29
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 216
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 39
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 21
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 42
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 37
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 380
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 55
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 660
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 47
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 53
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 24
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 45
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 327
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MUSIC
| Name: | FALCON STREET (SILVER STREET)
| | Meter: | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Smith
| | Dates: | c.1770
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 Baptist Hymn Book
| 282
| Bb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 680
| Bb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 709
| Bb
| MP
| 9
| C
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 249
| C
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Alternate Tunes
| CARLISLE | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Charles Lockhart | | DOMINICA | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Herbert Stanley Oakeley | | DULWICH COLLEGE | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | E. D. Rendall | | SWABIA | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Johann Martin Spiess & Frances Ridley Havergal | | GREENWOOD | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Joseph Emerson Sweetser |
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| 1. This is the day of light:
Let there be light today;
O Dayspring, rise upon our night
And chase its gloom away.
2. This is the day of rest:
Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed Thou Thy freshening dew.
3. This is the day of peace:
Thy peace our spirits fill;
Bid Thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.
4. This is the day of prayer:
Let earth to heaven draw near;
Lift up our hearts to seek Thee there,
Come down to meet us here.
5. This is the first of days;
Send forth Thy quick’ning breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death!
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