Onward to dark­ness and to death we tend;

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Our change­ful lives are ebb­ing to an end,

Onward to dark­ness and to death we tend;

O Con­quer­or of the grave, be Thou our guide;

The Day Is Gently Sinking to a Close

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1863
Composer: Henry Smart, 1872
Hymn 1

...Our change­ful lives are ebb­ing to an end,

Onward to dark­ness and to death we tend;

O Con­quer­or of the grave, be Thou our guide;...

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Our change­ful lives are ebb­ing to an end,

Onward to dark­ness and to death we tend;

O Con­quer­or of the grave, be Thou our guide;

The Day Is Gently Sinking to a Close

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