The Christian — Family Devotion

Now the shades of night are gone

No. 565
Words Anon.
Singing key B♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to GRANNIS (hymn 407)

Words

Now the shades of night are gone,Now is past the early dawn;Lord, we would be thine to-day;Drive the shades of sin away.

Make our souls as noonday clear,Banish every doubt and fear;In thy vineyard, Lord, to-day,We would labor, we would pray.

When our work of life is past,O receive us all at last;Labor then will all be o'er,Sin's dark night will be no more.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «565» (large) at the top of the right column of p. 184, with the italic reference line «407, 531, 272.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 407, 531 or 272) beside the number; three stanzas of four lines, numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book), all lines flush; «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3. The first word «NOW» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Now» here). The print sets a thin space before «;» («dawn ;», «to-day ;», «fear ;», «last ;»); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is 7s, like the three reference tunes). Spelling («to-day», «labor», «o'er»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.