Scripture Verse

At evening time it shall be light. Zechariah 14:7

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1915. The last hymn writ­ten by Fan­ny Cros­by. Ap­peared in Life and Ser­vice Hymns, com­piled by R. E. Ma­gill (Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia: On­ward Press, Pres­by­ter­ian Com­mit­tee of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1917), num­ber 114. This bit­ter­sweet hymn ad­dress­es the ev­en­ing of mor­tal life. It is not on­ly said to be Fan­ny’s last po­et­ic ut­ter­ance, but the mu­sic is one of Doane’s last com­po­si­tions: he and Fan­ny both left this world for Hea­ven’s peace while World War I was rag­ing, in 1915.

Music: Goi­ás W. How­ard Doane, 1915 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Howard Doane (1832–1915)

Lyrics

At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
When fades the day of toil away,
No sha­dows deep, no wea­ry night,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
Immortal love from realms above,
Is breath­ing now the pro­mise bright,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.

At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
We’ll ga­ther flow­ers from rur­al bow­ers,
O sac­red hope of glo­ry bright,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
Sweet ev­en­ing time of joy di­vine,
That makes the Chris­tian life so bright,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.

At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
No cares shall harm, no fears alarm;
If one in Christ, our souls unite;
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light;
The hearts will glow, no tears will flow,
It ca­nnot lose its pro­mise bright,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light.

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Fir0002/Flagstaffotos
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