Hymns of the Early Church / being translations from the poetry of the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year

by John Brownlie

And Comforter the best,

Now, and till life is done.

Wednesday Evening

LABENTE JAM SOLIS ROTÂ

By Charles Coffin. ([See p. 3.]) Chandler’s translation, beginning, “And now the sun’s declining rays,” is for “Ninth Hour, or three in the afternoon,” of Sunday. In “Hymns Ancient and Modern” Chandler’s rendering is given as an evening hymn, and with considerable alterations, the first line being, “As now the sun’s declining rays” (No. 12).

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Now sinks the glowing orb of day,

And silent night comes on apace;

So gains our life the appointed goal,

That marks the limit of our race.