Hymn
Evening Shades
Silently the shades of evening
Gather round our chapel door;
Silently they bring before us
Faces we shall see no more.
Oh, the lost, the unforgotten!
Though the world be oft forgot;
Oh, the shrouded and the lonely!
In our hearts they perish not.
Living in the silent hours,
Where our spirits only blend,
They, unlinked with earthly trouble,
We still hoping for its end.
Evening Shades — Text from Joy to the World, 1879. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/evening-shades
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Evening Shades?
The words of Evening Shades were written by Christopher C. Cox; the version here was published in 1879.
Is Evening Shades public domain?
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