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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