The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Is Ended

1.

The day you gave us, Lord, is ended,

The darkness falls at your behest;

To you our morning hymns ascended,

Your praise shall sanctify our rest.

2.

We thank you that your Church, unsleeping

While earth rolls onward into light,

Through all the world its watch is keeping,

And never rests by day or night.

3.

Across each continent and island

As dawn leads on another day,

The voice of prayer is never silent,

Nor do the praises die away.

4.

The sun that bids us rest is waking

Your children under western skies

And hour by hour as day is breaking,

Fresh hymns of thankful praise arise.

5.

So be it, Lord; your realm shall never,

Like earth’s proud empires, pass away:

Your kingdom stands, and grows forever,

Till all your creatures own your sway.