Growing up I didn't have much exposure to hymns. This is one of the "liabilities" of growing up in a Charismatic church in the '80's. Lots of "Ra-Ra" but not a lot of content. But that is topic for another post. My post today is about a NEW SONG!!
I was recently at a memorial service and on the inside of the program was a poem by Sabine Baring-Gould titled, An Evening Hymn. I read it during the service and I was blown away!! The lyric and thought flow was fantastic and the melody immediately popped into my head.
Sabine Baring-Gould is the man (yes that is a dudes name) that wrote "Onward Christian Soldier" and 1,200 other hymns!! This particular poem was written in 1865 and I have yet to find any recordings indicating what it might have sounded like. I dug around a bit more and read, although titled a hymn it might have only been a poem and never been put to music.
I got home from the memorial service and set to working on the melody, chorus and arraignment. It just came together! So here i am sharing it with you all. Please, please, please share your comments and thoughts. I appreciate EVERY SINGLE one!
Caveats: I am not sold on the chorus and there are some pitch issues at the end :-)
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I was recently at a memorial service and on the inside of the program was a poem by Sabine Baring-Gould titled, An Evening Hymn. I read it during the service and I was blown away!! The lyric and thought flow was fantastic and the melody immediately popped into my head.
Sabine Baring-Gould is the man (yes that is a dudes name) that wrote "Onward Christian Soldier" and 1,200 other hymns!! This particular poem was written in 1865 and I have yet to find any recordings indicating what it might have sounded like. I dug around a bit more and read, although titled a hymn it might have only been a poem and never been put to music.
I got home from the memorial service and set to working on the melody, chorus and arraignment. It just came together! So here i am sharing it with you all. Please, please, please share your comments and thoughts. I appreciate EVERY SINGLE one!
Caveats: I am not sold on the chorus and there are some pitch issues at the end :-)
Download Link: Click Here
An Evening Hymn
Verse1
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Verse2
Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
Chorus
Glory to the Father,
Glory to the Son,
And to thee, bless'd Spirit,
Whilst all ages run.
Verse3
Through the long night-watches
May thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
Bridge
Jesu, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.
Verse4
When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless
In thy holy eyes.
Chorus
Glory to the Father,
Glory to the Son,
And to thee, bless'd Spirit,
Whilst all ages run.
