Hymn
The sun is sinking fast
- Translated by
- Edward Caswall
- Meter
- 6.4.6.6
The sun is sinking fast,
The daylight dies;
Let love awake, and pay
Her evening sacrifice.
As Christ upon the cross
His head inclined,
And to His Father's hands
His parting soul resigned;
So now herself my soul
Would wholly give
Into His sacred charge,
In whom all spirits live;
So now beneath His eye
Would calmly rest,
Without a wish or thought
Abiding in the breast,
Save that His will be done,
Whate'er betide,
Dead to herself, and dead
In Him to all beside.
Thus would I live: yet now
Not I, but He,
In all His power and love,
Henceforth alive in me.
One sacred Trinity,
One Lord divine,
May I be ever His,
And He for ever mine.
The sun is sinking fast — Text from The Lutheran Hymnary, 1913. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-sun-is-sinking-fast
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Who wrote The sun is sinking fast?
The words of The sun is sinking fast were written by Edward Caswall; the version here was published in 1913. The library holds 9 more hymns by Edward Caswall, including At the Cross Her Station Keeping and Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee.
Is The sun is sinking fast public domain?
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What is the meter of The sun is sinking fast?
The sun is sinking fast is in 6.4.6.6.