Even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
Psalm 139:12
Words: Maria G. Saffery, in Psalms and Hymns (New Haven, Connecticut: Durrie & Peck, 1845), number 41. Evening worship.
Music: Heber (Kingsley) George Kingsley, 1838 (🔊 
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God of the sunlight hours, how sad
Would evening shadows be,
Or night, in deeper sable clad—
If aught were dark to Thee!
How mournfully that golden gleam
Would touch the thoughtful heart,
If, with its soft, retiring beam
We saw Thy love depart.
But though the gathering gloom may hide
Those gentle rays awhile,
Yet they who in Thy house abide,
Shall ever share Thy smile.
Then let creation’s volume close,
Though every page be bright;
On Thine, still open, we repose
With more intense delight.