Now the Light Has Gone Away

Text by Frances Ridley Havergal

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About this hymn

Date: 1869
Tune: Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh
Composer: 1842 from Liederbuch für Kleinkinder-Schulen
Key: F
Meter: 7 7 7 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Anticipation, Evening, Father, Friendship, Heaven, Jesus.

Ps 4:8 · Ps 16:7 · 1Jn 1:7-9 · 4:10 · Jn 14:1-3

Musical background

Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh is presented in the source key of F, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1869. Music: 'Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh' from Liederbuch für Kleinkinder-Schulen, 1842. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917, alt. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2009 Revision.