Part in Peace: Is Day Before Us?

Part in peace: is day before us?
Praise His Name for life and light;
Are the shadows lengthening o’er us?
Bless His care Who guards the night.

Part in peace: with deep thanksgiving,
Rendering, as we homeward tread,
Gracious service to the living,
Tranquil memory to the dead.

Part in peace: such are the praises
God our Maker loveth best;
Such the worship that upraises
Human hearts to heavenly rest.

Author: Sarah Flower Adams

Year: 1841

The hymn text is by Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848), first published in her collection Vivia Perpetua in 1841. It is occasionally misattributed in later hymnals, but the original authorship is well documented.