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Text:Communing With Thee
Author:Doane
Tune:MERCY
Composer:Gottschalk

802. Communing With Thee

1. Softy now the light of day
Fades upon our sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, we would commune with thee.

2. Thou, whose all pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.

3. Soon from us the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Thou, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee.

Text Information
First Line: Softly now the light of day
Title: Communing With Thee
Author: Doane
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Hymns for Worship: Evening Hymns
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: MERCY
Composer: Gottschalk
Meter: 7s.
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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