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It is the Gentle Evening Hour
Author: Eliza Lee Follen Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Gloria Deo First Line: It is the gentle ev'ning hour Lyrics: 1 It is the gentle ev’ning hour,
And see, the shades are length’ning fast;
My spirit feels its soft’ning pow’r,
And troubles, with the day, have pass’d.
2 In quiet beauty, fix’d repose,
The hills, like guardians of the land,
Catch last the sunbeam as it glows,
And bright in tranquil grandeur stand.
3 All, all is beauty, love, and peace;
Mysterious longing heave and swell
Within my soul, and shall not cease
Till glory there alike shall dwell. Topics: Evening; Vesper Used With Tune: FOLEN
It is the Gentle Evening Hour
It is the Gentle Evening Hour
Author: Eliza Lee Follen Hymnal: Gloria Deo #602 (1901) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Hymnal Title: Gloria Deo First Line: It is the gentle ev'ning hour Lyrics: 1 It is the gentle ev’ning hour,
And see, the shades are length’ning fast;
My spirit feels its soft’ning pow’r,
And troubles, with the day, have pass’d.
2 In quiet beauty, fix’d repose,
The hills, like guardians of the land,
Catch last the sunbeam as it glows,
And bright in tranquil grandeur stand.
3 All, all is beauty, love, and peace;
Mysterious longing heave and swell
Within my soul, and shall not cease
Till glory there alike shall dwell. Topics: Evening; Vesper Languages: English Tune Title: FOLEN
It is the Gentle Evening Hour
It is the gentle ev'ning hour
Author: Eliza Lee Follen Hymnal: The Church and Home Hymnal #295a (1893) Hymnal Title: The Church and Home Hymnal Languages: English Tune Title: [It is the gentle ev'ning hour]
It is the gentle ev'ning hour
It is the Gentle Evening Hour
Author: Eliza Lee Follen Hymnal: The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a602 (1908) Hymnal Title: The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society First Line: It is the gentle ev'ning hour Languages: English Tune Title: FOLEN
It is the Gentle Evening Hour
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
1787 - 1860 Person Name: Eliza Lee Follen Hymnal Title: Gloria Deo Author of "It is the Gentle Evening Hour" in Gloria Deo Follen, Eliza Lee, née Cabot, a well-known Unitarian writer, daughter of Samuel Cabot, born at Boston, August 15, 1787, and married, in 1828, to Professor Charles Follen, who perished on board the "Lexington," which was burnt on Long Island Sound, Jan. 13,1840. Mrs. Follen died at Brookline, Mass., 1860. She was a voluminous writer. Her Poems were first published at Boston (Crosby & Co.), 1839, and whilst she was in England she issued another volume for children's use, entitled The Lark and the Linnet, in 1854. Both volumes also contain some translations from the German, and versions of a few Psalms.
Her best known hymns are:—
1. How sweet to be allowed to pray. Resignation. Appeared in the Christian Disciple, Sept., 1818, and in her Poems, 1839, p. 116, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled, "Thy will be done."
2. How sweet upon this sacred day. Sunday. In her Poems, 1839, pp. 113-114, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled “ Sabbath Day.” It previously appeared in Sabbath Recreations, 1829.
3. Lord, deliver, Thou canst save. Prayer for the Slave. Found in Songs of the Free, 1836; but is not given in her Poems, 1839. In Adams and Chapin's Hymns for Christian Devotion, Boston, U.S., 1846, it is No. 802, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines. In common with No. 2 it has found acceptance out¬side Unitarian Collections.
4. God, Thou art good, each perfumed flower. This is the original of J. H. Gurney's hymn," Yes, God is good," &c. (q.v.) There is some obscurity about the text. It is found in her Hymns for Children, Boston, 1825, beginning, "God is good," each perfumed flower," and this obvious misprint (which destroys the metre) was usually copied in later books. It is also given with the same first line as an original piece, never before published, and signed "E. L. C." (initials of Mrs. Follen's maiden name), in Emily Taylor's Sabbath Recreations, Wellington, Salop, 1826, p. 203. This suggests that it was printed in the American book after the US. was posted to England. Mrs. Follen may have written at first “Yes, God is good," but this cannot now be determined. It begins, “God, Thou art good," &c, in her Poems, 1839, p. 119, and in her verses, The Lark and the Linnet, &c, 1854, and in each case is in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, with the title, "God is Good."
5. Will God, Who made the earth and sea. A Child's Prayer. Given in her Poems, 1839, p. 164, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines. In Dr. Allon's Children's Worship, 1878, No. 212, it is abbreviated to 4 stanzas (i.-iv.), and attributed to H. Bateman in error. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
S. M. Bixby
1833 - 1912 Hymnal Title: The Church and Home Hymnal Composer of "[It is the gentle ev'ning hour]" in The Church and Home Hymnal Samuel M. Bixby was born on May 27, 1833 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. His company, S. M. Bixby & Company, manufactured shoe blackings and shoe dressings, but music was his passion. He was also a Sunday school superintendent and choir leader. He died on March 11, 1912 in Fordham, New York. His works include:
Church and Home Hymnal, circa 1893
Evangel Songs, circa 1894
Gloria Deo: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in All Departments of the Church (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901)
NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/i/x/bixby_sm.htm
S. M. Bixby
