Day is Dying in the West

Day is dying in the west, Heaven is touching earth with rest; Wait and worship while the night Sets the evening lamps alight Through all the sky.

Refrain: Holy, holy, holy, O God of light! All the earth is full of thee, All the earth is seeking thee Through day and night!

Darkness veils our inward skies, Hides thy splendor from our eyes; Heal our blindness, melt our fear, Let thy boundless Light appear And flood our souls! (Refrain)

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)

—Stanzas 1, 3, refrain (alt) by Mary A. Lathbury; stanza 2 by Faith Bowman