{
  "title": "The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended",
  "author": "",
  "tune": "St. Clement",
  "number": "338",
  "lyrics": "The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,\n\nThe darkness falls at thy behest;\n\nTo thee our morning hymns ascended,\n\nThy praise shall hallow now our rest.\n\n\nWe thank thee that thy church, unsleeping\n\nWhile earth rolls onward into light,\n\nThrough all the world her watch is keeping,\n\nAnd rests not now by day or night.\n\n\nAs o'er each continent and island\n\nThe dawn leads on another day,\n\nThe voice of prayer is never silent,\n\nNor dies the strain of praise away.\n\n\nThe sun, that bids us rest, is waking\n\nOur brethren 'neath the western sky.\n\nAnd hour by hour fresh lips are making\n\nThy wondrous doings heard on high.\n\n\nSo be it, Lord; thy throne shall never,\n\nLike earth's proud empires, pass away:\n\nBut stand, and rule, and grow for ever,\n\nTill all thy creatures own thy sway.",
  "first_line": "The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,"
}