At Eventide

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Sunlight is fading in quiet skies afar

Author: Elsie Duncan Yale
Tune: [Sunlight is fading in quiet skies afar]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Sunlight is fading in quiet skies afar,
Day is departing, the evening gates unbar;
Saviour, be near us, our comfort and our stay,
For in Thy keeping darkness is as day.

2 Grant that Thy peace in each heart may hold its sway,
Grant us Thy hope with its holy, heav’nly ray;
O may Thy love as a blessed beacon shine,
Gleam through the shadows with a light divine.

Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide,
The darkness deepens—Lord, with me abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me!

Source: Jubilate : A Modern Sunday-School Hymnal #221

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Author: Elsie Duncan Yale

Born: October 21, 1873, Brooklyn, New York. Died: January 30, 1956, San Bernardino County, California. Pseudonym: Grace Gordon. Elsie’s father was New York Shipping Commissioner Charles C. Duncan. --www.hymntime.com… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Sunlight is fading in quiet skies afar
Title:	At Eventide
Author:	Elsie Duncan Yale
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide
Publication Date:	1916
Copyright:	Public Domain