Lo the day of rest declineth

Lo the day of rest declineth

Author: Chandler Robbins
Published in 63 hymnals

Author: Chandler Robbins

Robbins, Chandler, D.D., was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Feb. 14, 1810, and educated at Harvard College (1829), and the Cambridge Divinity School (1833). In 1833 he became Pastor of the Second [Unitarian] Church, Boston, succeeding Dr. H. Ware, jun., and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He received his D.D. degree from Harvard in 1855, and died at Westport, Massachusetts, Sept. 12, 1882. Dr. Robbins published several prose works. He also edited The Social Hymn Book in 1843, and Hymns for Christian Worship, 1854. His two hymns,"Lo, the day of rest declineth" (Evening), and "While thus [now] Thy throne of grace we seek " (The Voice of God), appeared in Dr. G. E. Ellis's Psalms & Hymns for the Sanctuary, 1845. L. B. Barnes's tune, "Bedford Street," was… Go to person page >

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First Line: Lo the day of rest declineth
Author: Chandler Robbins

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Instances (63)TextImageAudioScore
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #712Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #80Image
Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #d118
Chapel Hymns and Services #d63
Choral Song #d115
Christian Chorals, for the Chapel and Fireside #273Image
Christian Song #d175
Church Choral-Book, Containing Tunes and Hymns . . . #448Image
Church Harmonies: a collection of hymns and tunes for the use of Congregations #952Image
Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d89
Gems of Song: for the Sunday School #121Image
Gospel Song-Gems No.1 #167Image
Harmony in Praise #d111
Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #116Image
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d356
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #166Image
Hymn Book for Christian Worship #759Image
Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d249
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination #91Image
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination. (New ed.) #91Image
Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #460Image
Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #61Image
Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #61Image
Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church: the best of the old and the latest of the new, suited to the church and home, the Sunday school, the brotherhoods, the young peoples' neetingss... #194Image
Hymns of the Kingdom of God #d213
Hymns of the Spirit #151Image
In Excelsis: hymns with tunes for Christian worship #47Image
In Excelsis: hymns with tunes for Christian worship #883Image
Isles of Shoals Hymn Book and Candle Light Service #131Image
Life and Service Hymns #210Image
Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #320Image
Prayers and Hymns for the Church and Home #d349
Sacred Poetry #283Image
Services for Congregational Worship #34Image
Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith #306Image
Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #ad604
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian worship #183Image
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian Worship #183Image
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian Worship #183Image
Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #183Image
Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #183Image
Songs of Pilgrimage: a hymnal for the churches of Christ (2nd ed.) #1322Image
The Alleluia #d133
The Baptist Praise Book #93Image
The Book of Praise: or, Hymns for Public and Social Worship #d424
The Christian Hymnal: a selection of psalms and hymns with music, for use in public worship #48Image
The Church Hymnary: a collection of hymns and tunes for public worship #70Image
The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs": for public, social and family worship and private devotions at the Sanitarium, Clifton Springs, N. Y. #1169Image
The Garner #d70
The Gospel Psalmist #982Image
The New Alleluia: a collection of hymns and tunes for the Church School, and the mid-week meeting #57Image
The New Hymn and Tune Book #d215
The New Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs, ancient and modern for use in Baptist churches #235Image
The New Living Hymns No. 2 #d198
The Pilgrim Hymnal #524Image
The Presbyterian Hymnal #917Image
The Presbyterian Hymnal #917Image
The Psalms of Life: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns, Chants, Anthems, &c. Embodying the Spiritual, Progressive and Reformatory Sentiment of the Present Age #298Image
The Sunday School Liturgy. (4th ed.) #94Image
The Tabernacle #d171
The Treasury of American Sacred Song with Notes Explanatory and Biographical #69Image
Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d201
Youthful Voices #d123