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Hymn score of: Come, Jesus, with the coming night - Evening worship (Ray Palmer/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

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Come, Jesus, with the coming night - Evening worship
(Ray Palmer/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Evening worship.

"At evening time it shall be light." (Zechariah 14,7)

1. Come, Jesus, with the coming night,
  refresh and cheer my weary heart;
at evening-time it shall be light,
  if thou art near, though day depart. (PDF - Midi)

2. Welcome this shade that brings release
  from hurrying labour's noise and strife;
that calls from restless thought to cease,
  and calms the throbbing pulse of life.

3. From tedious toil, from anxious care,
  dear Lord, I turn again to thee;
thy presence and thy smile to share
  makes every burden light to me.

4. With thee, of all sad thoughts beguiled,
  peace nestles in my tranquil breast;
and, like a pleased and happy child,
  in thy kind arms I sink to rest.

5. Till night's dark watches all are gone,
  O faithful Shepherd, guard my sleep,
and, when yon mountains greet the dawn,
  give strength my heavenward way to keep.

Ray Palmer, in: The Poetical Works of Ray Palmer, 1876, 31-32.

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