The Day Thou Gavest
The day thou gavest, Lord, has ended, the darkness falls at thy behest/To thee our morning hymns ascended, thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
We thank thee that thy church unsleeping, while earth rolls onward into light/Through all the world her watch is keeping, and rests not now by day or night.
As o'er each continent and island the dawn leads on another day,/the voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the strain of praise away.
The sun that bids us rest is waking thy faithful 'neath the western sky,/and hour by hour fresh lips are making thy wondrous doings heard on high.
So be it, Lord! Thy throne shall never, like earth's proud empires, pass away,/thy kingdom stands and grows forever till all thy creatures own thy sway.
text: John Ellerton; music: Clement Cotterill Scholefield; performed by: Andrew Twiddy & Holly Davies