The phrase "deepening" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
deepening
...Daylight is fading, twilight is shading
Meadow and hill with a deepening gray;
Heavenly Father, now as we gather,...
Daylight is fading, twilight is shading
Meadow and hill with a deepening gray;
Heavenly Father, now as we gather,
...Roll the tide of grace along,
Widening, deepening to the end.
end...
Roll the tide of grace along,
Widening, deepening to the end.
end
...For Thou art nigh.
While the deepening shadows fall,
Heart of love enfolding all,...
For Thou art nigh.
While the deepening shadows fall,
Heart of love enfolding all,
...Through sorrow’s night and danger’s path,
Amid the deepening gloom,
We soldiers of an injured king...
Through sorrow’s night and danger’s path,
Amid the deepening gloom,
We soldiers of an injured king
...Dim be the region afar,
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star?...
Dim be the region afar,
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star?
...And breadth of clover fields,
And deepening shade of summer woods,
And glow of summer air,...
And breadth of clover fields,
And deepening shade of summer woods,
And glow of summer air,
...Faith can the light descry:
The deepening glory in the east
Proclaims deliverance nigh!...
Faith can the light descry:
The deepening glory in the east
Proclaims deliverance nigh!
...Dim be the region afar,
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star?...
Dim be the region afar,
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star?
...Behold the western evening light!
It melts in deepening gloom:
So calmly Christians sink away,...
Behold the western evening light!
It melts in deepening gloom:
So calmly Christians sink away,
...God, in glory bright!
In deepening vision, flames a light before them:
See a long train of martyrs rise to view;...
God, in glory bright!
In deepening vision, flames a light before them:
See a long train of martyrs rise to view;
...Around my path life’s mysteries
Their deepening shadows throw;
And as I gaze and ponder,...
Around my path life’s mysteries
Their deepening shadows throw;
And as I gaze and ponder,
...Glide ye hours and moments lightly,
Swiftly down time’s deepening stream.
Bring the hour that banished sadness,...
Glide ye hours and moments lightly,
Swiftly down time’s deepening stream.
Bring the hour that banished sadness,
...Over a world unready then,
Soon shall a deepening shadow fall,
Ushering in at the trumpet’s call,...
Over a world unready then,
Soon shall a deepening shadow fall,
Ushering in at the trumpet’s call,
...Where His friends had laid Him
In the deepening gloom;
Roman guards were stationed,...
Where His friends had laid Him
In the deepening gloom;
Roman guards were stationed,
...His people’s sacrifice.
His earnest prayers, His deepening groans,
Were heard before angelic thrones;...
His people’s sacrifice.
His earnest prayers, His deepening groans,
Were heard before angelic thrones;
...Sitting, sadly thinking, dreaming,
In the twilight’s deepening gloom,
While the fire throws dusky shadows,...
Sitting, sadly thinking, dreaming,
In the twilight’s deepening gloom,
While the fire throws dusky shadows,
...At even, or midnight, or morn;
It may be at deepening twilight,
It may be at earliest dawn....
At even, or midnight, or morn;
It may be at deepening twilight,
It may be at earliest dawn.
...Face to face with sin and sorrow,
Spreading, deepening, day by day;
In the Savior’s steps to follow—...
Face to face with sin and sorrow,
Spreading, deepening, day by day;
In the Savior’s steps to follow—
...O will you not come to Him now?
Darkness is deepening, and oh, ’tis so late!
Jesus is calling you now;...
O will you not come to Him now?
Darkness is deepening, and oh, ’tis so late!
Jesus is calling you now;
...start
I sat in the deepening twilight,
With faith that was weak and dim;...
start
I sat in the deepening twilight,
With faith that was weak and dim;
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