Text: | At even when the sun was set |
Author: | Henry Twells, 1823 - 1900 |
Tune: | ANGELUS |
Composer (melody): | Georg Joseph |
1 At even when the sun was set,
The sick, O Lord, around thee lay;
O, in what divers pains they met,
O, with what joy they went away!
2 Once more 'tis eventide, and we,
Oppressed with various ills, draw near;
What if thy form we cannot see?
We know and feel that thou art here.
3 O Saviour Christ, our woes dispel:
For some are sick, and some are sad,
And some have never loved thee well,
And some have lost the love they had. A-men.
4 O Saviour Christ, thou too art Man;
Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried;
Thy kind but searching glance can scan
The very wounds that shame would hide.
5 Thy touch has still its ancient power;
No word from thee can fruitless fall;
Hear, in this solemn evening hour,
And in thy mercy heal us all.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | At even when the sun was set |
Author: | Henry Twells, 1823 - 1900 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church: Worship - Evening |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ANGELUS |
Composer (melody): | Georg Joseph (c.1657) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Cantica Spiritualia, 1847 |