As darker, darker, fall around

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1. As darker, darker, fall around
The shadows of the night,
We gather here with hymn and prayer,
To seek the eternal light.

2. Father in Heaven, to Thee are known
Our many hopes and fears,
Our heavy weight of mortal toil,
Our bitterness of tears.

3. We pray Thee for our absent ones,
Who have been with us here:
And in our secret heart we name
The distant and the dear.

4. For weary eyes, and aching hearts,
And feet that from Thee rove,
The sick, the poor, the tired, the fallen,
We pray Thee, God of love.

5. We bring to Thee our hopes and fears
And at Thy footstool lay;
And, Father, Thou who lovest all
Wilt hear us as we pray.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #244

Author: Samuel Longfellow

Longfellow, Samuel, B. A., brother of the Poet, was born at Portland, Maine, June 18, 1819, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in Arts in 1839, and in Theology in 1846. On receiving ordination as an Unitarian Minister, he became Pastor at Fall River, Massachusetts, 1848; at Brooklyn, 1853; and at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860. In 1846 he edited, with the Rev. S. Johnson (q. v.), A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. This collection was enlarged and revised in 1848. In 1859 his Vespers was published, and in 1864 the Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit , under the joint editorship of the Rev. S. Johnson and himself. His Life of his brother, the Poet Longfellow, was published in 1886. To the works named he contributed the follow… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: As darker, darker, fall around
Author: Samuel Longfellow
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

SAWLEY (Walch)

This tune was composed by James Walch in 1857 for a children's anniversary, and was published in 1860 with other tunes for private circulation. It was wrongly assigned, in the early editions of [The Free Church Hymnal, 1888] to the Rev. F. Pigou. Scottish church music: its sources and composers, 189…

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ENGEDI (Beethoven)


ST. AMBROSE (Steggall)


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Hymnal Amore Dei #175

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Hymnal, Amore Dei #175

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Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a175

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Hymns and Anthems adapted for Jewish Worship #134

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Hymns of the Church Universal #607

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #475

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Hymns of the Spirit #60

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Isles of Shoals Hymn Book and Candle Light Service #126

Jubilate Deo #27

One Hundred Non-Sectarian Hymns for Use in Church and Home. 10 vols. in 1 #d7

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #141

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The Church Hymnary #384

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The Cyber Hymnal #244

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The Golden Hymn Book #19

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #564

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #564

The Middlesex Hymn Book #d6

The Middlesex Hymn Book #d8

The Milton Hymnal #d15

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #506

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #638

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The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #66

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The Sunday School Hymnary #430

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d22

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Vestry Harmonies #90b

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Worship Song #594

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