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Author: Mary A. Lathbury Meter: 7.7.7.4 with refrain Appears in 551 hymnals Matching Instances: 548 First Line: Day is dying in the west, Heaven is touching earth with rest Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts Topics: Evening hymns; God Holiness; Dismissal; Evening hymns; Worship

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CHAUTAUQUA

Appears in 377 hymnals Matching Instances: 312 Composer and/or Arranger: William F. Sherwin Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 11165 45111 65457 Used With Text: Day Is Dying in the West

DAY IS DYING IN THE WEST

Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Dr. F. K. March Incipit: 33321 16112 31542 Used With Text: Holy, holy, holy, Lord!

[Day is dying in the west]

Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: W. S. P. Incipit: 34521 23671 54322 Used With Text: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts

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Day Is Dying in the West

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1168 Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Lyrics: 1. Day is dying in the west; Heav’n is touching earth with rest; Wait and worship while the night Sets the evening lamps alight Through all the sky. Refrain Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Heav’n and earth are full of Thee! Heav’n and earth are praising Thee, O Lord most high! 2. Lord of life, beneath the dome Of the universe, Thy home, Gather us who seek Thy face To the fold of Thy embrace, For Thou art nigh. [Refrain] 3. While the deepening shadows fall, Heart of love enfolding all, Through the glory and the grace Of the stars that veil Thy face, Our hearts ascend. [Refrain] 4. When forever from our sight Pass the stars, the day, the night, Lord of angels, on our eyes Let eternal morning rise And shadows end. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: CHAUTAUQUA

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts!

Author: M. A. Lathbury Hymnal: A Selection of Spiritual Songs #1072 (1878) First Line: Day is dying in the West Languages: English

Day is Dying in the West

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Hymnal: Redemption Songs #855 (1937) Refrain First Line: Holy, Holy, Holy Topics: Special Solos Languages: English Tune Title: [Day is dying in the west]

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Mary A. Lathbury

1841 - 1913 Person Name: Mary Artemesia Lathbury Author of "Day Is Dying in the West" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Lathbury, Mary Ann, was born in Manchester, Ontario County, New York, Aug. 10, 1841. Miss Lathbury writes somewhat extensively for the American religious periodical press, and is well and favourably known (see the Century Magazine, Jan., 1885, p. 342). Of her hymns which have come into common use we have:— 1. Break Thou the bread of life. Communion with God. A "Study Song" for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, written in the summer of 1880. It is in Horder's (Eng.) Congregational Hymns, 1884. 2. Day is dying in the west. Evening. "Written at the request of the Rev. John H. Vincent, D.D., in the summer of 1880. It was a "Vesper Song," and has been frequently used in the responsive services of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle." It is in the Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884. For these details we are indebted to S. W. Duffield's English Hymns, &c, N. Y., 1886. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Lathbury, Mary A., p. 640, i. Another hymn by this writer is, "Lift up, lift up thy voice with singing." [Praise to Christ), in Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

William F. Sherwin

1826 - 1888 Composer of "EVENING PRAISE" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Sherwin, William Fisk, an American Baptist, was born at Buckland, Massachusetts, March 14,1826. His educational opportunities, so far as schools were concerned, were few, but he made excellent use of his time and surroundings. At fifteen he went to Boston and studied music under Dr. Mason: In due course he became a teacher of vocal music, and held several important appointments in Massachusetts; in Hudson and Albany, New York County, and then in New York City. Taking special interest in Sunday Schools, he composed carols and hymn-tunes largely for their use, and was associated with the Rev. R. Lowry and others in preparing Bright Jewels, and other popular Sunday School hymn and tune books. A few of his melodies are known in Great Britain through I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, where they are given with his signature. His hymnwriting was limited. The following pieces are in common use:— 1. Grander than ocean's story (1871). The Love of God. 2. Hark, bark, the merry Christmas bells. Christmas Carol. 3. Lo, the day of God is breaking. The Spiritual Warfare. 4. Wake the song of joy and gladness. Sunday School or Temperance Anniversary. 5. Why is thy faith, 0 Child of God, so small. Safety in Jesus. Mr. Sherwin died at Boston, Massachusetts, April 14, 1888. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Sherwin, W. F., p. 1055, i. Another hymn from his Bright Jewels, 1869, p. 68, is "Sound the battle cry" (Christian Courage), in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and several other collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)