Now the Day Is Over
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
2 words changed · 3 stanzas only in Church Hymnal #52 · tune Eudoxia → [unclear]
Verse 1
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Verse 1
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Verse 2
Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tender blessing
May our eyelids close.
Verse 2
Father, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.
Verse 3
Grant to little children
Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep blue sea.
Not in this version
Verse 4
Comfort every sufferer
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sin restrain.
Not in this version
Verse 5
Through the long night watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
Verse 3
Through the long night watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
Verse 6
When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.
Not in this version