LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Samuel Longfellow
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1859
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 17:8
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 14
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 11
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 456
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MUSIC
Baptist Hymn Book
| 703
| Ab
| Hymns of Faith
| 566
| Ab
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 308
| Ab
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 942
| Ab
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 24
| Ab
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Alternate Tunes
| ANGELUS | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Georg Joseph & 1657 Scheffler's Hetlige Seelunlust | | ST. ALKMUND | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Easy Music for Church Choirs | | VESPERS | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | James William Elliott |
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| 1. Again, as evening’s shadow falls,
We gather in these hallowed walls;
And vesper hymn and vesper prayer
Rise mingling on the holy air.
2. May struggling hearts that seek release
Here find the rest of God’s own peace;
And, strengthened here
by hymn and prayer,
Lay down the burden and the care.
3. O God, our Light! to Thee we bow;
Within all shadows standest Thou;
Give deeper calm than night can bring;
Give sweeter songs than lips can sing.
4. Life’s tumult we must meet again,
We cannot at the shrine remain;
But in the spirit’s secret cell
May hymn and prayer forever dwell.
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