Stars of Evening, Softly Gleaming

Stars of ev­ening

soft­ly gleam­ing

In the fad­ing west

With your heav­en­ly light is stream­ing

Hope to hearts op­pressed!

Toil is ov­er

cease from sor­row

Till to­mor­row

sleep and rest!

Hark! the ev­en­ing bells are bring­ing

Hope of glad re­lease

Welcome strains their chimes are ring­ing:

Labor now shall cease;

Though the day be long and drea­ry

To the weary com­eth peace!

Heav’nly Fa­ther! watch be­side us

Till the dawn of light

And what­ev­er may be­tide us

Guard us by Thy might!

Trusting in Thy gra­cious keep­ing

Calmly sleep­ing through the night.

So when death’s dark clouds fall slow­ly

Over land and sea

May Thy light

se­rene and holy

On our path­way be;

Leading us to joy trans­cend­ing

In un­end­ing rest with Thee!