The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 ‎#83

83. The duteous day now closeth

Text Information

• First Line: The duteous day now closeth
• Title: The duteous day now closeth
• German Title: Nun ruhen all Wälder
• Author: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) (1648)
• Translator: Robert Bridges (1844-1930) (1899)
• Alterer: Compiler
• Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Psalm 139:12
• Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Evening
• Copyright: Text of hymn from The Yattendon Hymnal (edited by Robert Bridges and H. Ellis Wooldridge) by permission of Oxford University Press. Altered by permission.; Altered Text Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
• Notes: Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the day. Ps. 139:12.

Tune Information

• Name: DER MOND IST AUFGEGANGEN
• Composer: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, 1747-1800
• Harmonizer: John J. Overholt (1971)
• Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8.
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Harmony Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
• Notes: M.M. 72