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The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended Hymn

The hymn “The Day Thou Gavest Lord, Is Ended” is considered as one of the favourite and well-known evening/evensong hymns. The hymn is acclaimed as one of John Ellerton, a skilled writer and poet finest.

The phrases of the hymn are magnificently written. Also, it proclaims the triumphant expectation that God’s kingdom prevails and grows endlessly.

The theme of the hymn focuses on the worldwide fellowship of the church and its continual offering of prayer and praise to God. Above all, it serves as a means of giving thanks to the Lord Almighty for the light, life, and blessings of the day.

The Day Thou Gavest Hymn Writer

The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended Hymn
Reverend John Ellerton

The words of the hymn “The Day Thou Gavest Lord, Is Ended” were written by Reverend John Ellerton. He was a hymnodist and hymnologist and a priest in the Church of England. Reverend John Ellerton was born on the 16th of December 1826 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.

John Ellerton was baptized at Saint James, Clerkenwell, on the 16th of the month that follows his month of birth. He was the elder son of his parents George Ellerton who was the head of an evangelical family and his wife Jemima Frances Ellerton.

John Ellerton studied at King William’s College on the Isle of Man, an independent school for pupils aged 3 to 18. Thereafter, he attended Trinity College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. He graduated with a Bachelor of Art in 1849.

At Trinity College, he was influenced by an English Anglican theologian, a prolific author, Frederick Denison Maurice. After completing his education at Trinity College, John Ellerton took an order in 1850.  He later studied for his Master finished with Master’s of Art in 1854.

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Reverend John Ellerton started his ecclesiastical career in Sussex as a curate in 1850. Specifically, he was ordained Deacon on the 24th of February 1850 at the Cathedral Church of Chichester by Bishop Gilbert. Eventually, he took orders as a priest in 1951.

John Ellerton was in Brighton around 1852 as the lecturer at St. Peter’s as well as the vicar of Nicholas’. He later became the vicar of Crewe Green, Cheshire in 1960 and also the chaplain of Lord Crewe. Again 1872, he was made the rector of Hinstock, Shropshire.

In addition, Reverend John Ellerton was appointed to the rectorship of Barnes, a western suburb of London in 1876. He also served as the chaplain from 1884 to 1885 in Pegli, Italy. Finally, he returned to Britain in 1886 and was installed to the pastorate of White Roding, Uttlesford district, Essex.

Rodney was the last place he served before he died on the 15th of June 1893 in Torquay. However, during the illness that led to his death, he was honoured and made a Canon of St. Albans Cathedral.

Reverend John Ellerton is specially known for many of his works in hymns written and considered as an authority on hymns. The first publication of his work was Hymns for Schools and Bible Classes that was published in 1859.

Reverend John Ellerton has about 80 hymns that he wrote and also translated from Latin. Specifically, 76 of his hymns together with translations were published as Hymns Original and Translated in 1888.

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Almost all of his hymns are widely used and a significant number of them are well-known during his life. He is known to write hymns for believers and not for any church in particular. In particular, John Ellerton turned down a register for the copyright on each and every one of his hymns.

He insisted that if they “counted worthy to contribute to Christ’s praise in the congregation, one ought to feel very thankful and humble”.  Hearing them in worshiping the Lord seems to be rewarded enough for him.

Moreover, he co-work with others to work on hymn books like *SPCK’s Church Hymns in 1871 and Hymnal Companion.

Likewise, He made a notable contribution to the publication of the Ancient and Modern Hymnbook. The Ancient and Modern is particularly a very popular Anglican Hymnbook of that era.

 * Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK)

The Story Behind The hymn

The hymns we sing were all written by people through the inspiration from God and The day thou gavest hymn is not excluded. The hymn was written by Reverend John Ellerton during his time of service at Cheshire. It was said he got the inspiration for the hymn on his usual night walk to teach at a regional Mechanic’s Institute.

The primary theme of the hymn is the growing and global fellowship of the Church. And also the never-ending offering of praise and prayers offered to God as the earth rolls onward into the light. 

The reference to evening and morning is the backdrop to this. Actually, Reverend John Ellerton penned the hymn down for use at missionary meetings and it is frequently favoured to a greater extent to a greater extent as a mission hymn than an eventide.

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The hymn as a poem was first published in the 1870 work for A Liturgy for Missionary Meetings, edited by Frome and Hodges. Thereafter, the author revised it into five stanzas hymn for the 1871 Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge’s Church Hymns.

Again, the hymn was revised in 1888 for inclusion in Ellerton’s Hymns Original and Translated publication. The text of this revision was printed in both 1889 Supplement and 1875 Second edition of Ancient and Modern Hymn Books.

Also, this particular text of 1888 Hymns Original and Translated became the traditional text included in almost every 19th- and 20th-century book of hymns.

The Tune For The hymn

The popular tune for the hymn The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended is St. Clement written by Clement Cotteril Scholefield. Clement Cotteril Scholefield was born at Edgbaston, Birmingham in the West Midlands, England on the 22nd of June 22, 1839.

The tune was actually composed for the text of the hymn. It is sung in triple time, like a waltz. Although some people don’t actually like the waltz-like rhythms of the tune, most prefer the tune with its slurred tones. 

The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended Hymn Lyrics

  1. The day you gave us, God, is ended;
    the darkness falls at your request.
    To you our morning hymns ascended;
    your praise shall sanctify our rest.
  1. We thank you that your church, unsleeping
    while earth rolls onward into light,
    through all the world its watch is keeping,
    and never rests by day or night.
  1. As over continent and island
    each dawn leads on another day,
    the voice of prayer is never silent,
    nor do the praises die away.
  1. So be it, God, your throne shall never,
    like earth’s proud empires, pass away.
    Your reign endures and grows forever,
    until there dawns your glorious day.

The Day Thou Gavest Hymn Mp3 Download

Click on the link to listen to the hymn and you can also download it. “The Day Thou Gavest Lord, Is Ended Hymn MP3” by Scholefield, John Rutter, John Scott, and The Cambridge Singers.

The hymn first became popular when it was used at Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, and only began to pass away, like earth’s proud empires, when the institution of Anglican Evensong began to fade in the 1960s.


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