Scripture Verse

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Proverbs 3:24

Introduction

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John B. Dykes (1823–1876)

Words: Ed­ward Hus­band, 1871.

Music: Pax Dei (Dykes) John B. Dykes, 1868 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Husband (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Go down, great sun, into thy gold­en west,
The day is done, the hours of la­bor past;
The night’s dark sha­dows deep­en all around;
The day is ov­er; rest has come at last.

And so our life to ev­en-tide draws nigh,
Our days of change their course have al­most run;
And soon the storms of win­ter will be past,
And then comes sum­mer, and the un­set­ting sun.

And in that ho­li­er world of joy and peace,
Our sun shall rise up­on a land so blest,
That none in this poor world have words to tell
How great the joy of that pure hea­ven­ly rest.