And Now This Holy Day

And now this ho­ly day

Is draw­ing to its end

Once more

to Thee

O Lord

Our thanks and pray­ers we send.

We thank Thee for this rest

From earth­ly care and strife;

We thank Thee for this help

To high­er

ho­li­er life.

We thank Thee for Thy house;

It is Thy pal­ace-gate

Where Thou

up­on Thy throne

Of mer­cy

still dost wait.

We thank Thee for Thy Word

Thy Gos­pel’s joy­ful sound;

Oh

may its ho­ly fruits

Within our hearts abound!

Yet

ere we go to rest

Father

to Thee we pray

Forgive the sins that stain

E’en this Thy ho­ly day.

Through Je­sus let the past

Be blot­ted from Thy sight

And let us all now sleep

At peace with Thee this night.

To God the Fa­ther

Son

And Spir­it glo­ry be

From all in earth and Heav’n

Through all eter­ni­ty.