Another week for ever gone

This anonymous Lord's Day hymn was first published in John Rippon's Comprehensive Psalmer and Hymns in 1844, where it appeared as Number 345, Part IV. Formatted in three stanzas of four lines, the text offers a simple, meditative reflection on the close of weekly labor and the arrival of sacred rest. Designed for congregational and family worship on the Lord's Day, the hymn highlights the rapid flight of time, the fleeting nature of earthly life, and the necessity of seeking eternal peace through divine grace. Despite its inclusion in Rippon's widely used Baptist compilation, no authorial records or manuscript details have been discovered to identify its composer, leaving it as an uncredited contribution to early nineteenth-century English hymnody.