1 HAIL to the Sabbath day,
The day divinely given;
When men to God their homage pay,
And earth draws near to heaven.
2 Lord, in this sacred hour
Within Thy courts we bend,
And bless Thy love, and own Thy power, Our Father and our Friend.
3 But Thou art not alone
In courts by mortals trod;
Nor only is the day Thine own
When man draws near to God.
4 Thy temple is the arch
Of yon unmeasured sky;
Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march
Öf grand eternity.
5 Lord, may that holier day
Dawn on Thy servants' sight; And purer worship may we pay In heaven's unclouded light.
3 While in Thy house we kneel,
With trust and holy fear,
Thy mercy and Thy truth reveal,
And lend a gracious ear.
4 Lord, teach our hearts to pray,
And tune our lips to sing;
Nor from Thy presence cast away
The sacrifice we bring.
1 SING to the Lord, our Might,
With holy fervor sing;
Let hearts and instruments unite
To praise our heavenly King.
2 This is His holy house;
And this His festal day,
When He accepts the humblest vows,
That we sincerely pay.
3 The Sabbath to our sires
In mercy first was given;
The Church her Sabbaths still requires
To speed her on to heaven.
4 We still, like them of old,
Are in the wilderness;
And God is still as near His fold,
To pity and to bless.
5 Then let us open wide
Our hearts for Him to fill;
And He, that Israel then supplied,
Will help His Israel still.
1 WELCOME, Sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.
2 The King Himself comes near,
And feasts His saints to-day; Here we may sit, and see Him here, And love, and praise, and pray.
3 One day amidst the place
Where Jesus is within,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Within the tents of sin.
4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
Till it is called to soar away,
To everlasting bliss.
4 Yet, Lord, to Thy dear will
If Thou attune the heart,
We in Thine angels' music still
May bear our lower part.
5 'Tis Thine each soul to calm,
Each wayward thought reclaim, And make our daily life a psalm Of glory to Thy Name.
6 A little while, and then
Shall come the glorious end; And songs of angels and of men In perfect praise shall blend.
1 LORD, in this closing hour,
Establish every heart
Upon Thy Word of truth and power,
To keep us when we part.
2 Peace to our brethren give;
Fill all our hearts with love;
In faith and patience may we live,
And seek our rest above.
3 Through changes bright or drear
We would Thy will pursue;
And toil to spread Thy kingdom here
Till we its glory view.
4 To God, the Only Wise,
In every age adored,
Let glory from the Church arise
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
Forever on my Saviour's breast.
3 If some poor wandering child of Thine
Have spurned to-day the voice divine,
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
Let him no more lie down in sin.
4 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor
With blessings from Thy boundless store;
Be every mourner's sleep to-night,
Like infant slumbers, pure and light.
To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes.
4 Do more than pardon; give us joy, Sweet fear, and sober liberty, And loving hearts without alloy That only long to be like Thee.
5 Come near and bless us when we wake, 2 Ere through the world our way we take, Till in the ocean of Thy love
We lose ourselves in heaven above. 53 1 SWEET Saviour, bless us ere we go;.
Thy Word into our minds instil;
And make our lukewarm hearts to glow
With lowly love and fervent will.
2 The day is done, its hours have run;
And Thou hast taken count of all,
The scanty triumphs grace hath won,
The broken vow, the frequent fall.
3 Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways
True absolution and release;
And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace.
5 For all we love, the poor, the sad,
The sinful, unto Thee we call;
O let Thy mercy make us glad;
Thou art our Saviour, and our All.
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1 COME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell,
By faith and love, in every breast;
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys that cannot be exprest.
Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,
Make our enlarged souls possess,
And learn the height and breadth and
Of Thine unmeasurable grace. [length
3 Now to the God whose power can do
More than our thoughts or wishes
Be everlasting honors done, [know,
By all the Church, thro' Christ, His Son.
1. O Holy Father, 'mid the calm And stillness of this evening hour,
We lift to Thee our solemn psalm, To praise Thy goodness and Thy power.
1. Lord, of life the Guard and Giv er, Bless- ed be Thy Name for ev
Thou who slumberest not, nor sleep-est, Safe are those Thou kind-ly keep - est.
2 Through night's curtains roundus closing,
Seen of Thee is our reposing;
Trustful then, though all unworthy,
Weary we lie down before Thee.
3 Let Thine angels, without number,
Watch around our beds of slumber;
Guard from spirits of perdition,
Guilty thought, and evil vision.
4 Grant to those in pain that languish,
Sleep to lull the sense of anguish;
Give to those in sorrow waking,
Sleep to soothe the heart's sore aching.
5 Thou, that ever wakeful livest,
Sleep to Thy beloved givest;
Nightly from our cares release us,
Till we fall asleep in Jesus.
1. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, Thy love possessing,
3 Spirit of our God, descending,
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy;
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy;
Thus provided, pardoned, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.
1 God of our salvation, hear us;
Bless, O bless us, ere we go;
When we join the world, be near us,
Lest we cold and careless grow;
Saviour, keep us,
Keep us safe from every foe.
2 May we live in view of heaven,
Where we hope to see Thy face;
Save us from unhallowed leaven,
All that might obscure Thy grace;
Keep us walking
Each in his appointed place.
3 As our steps are drawing nearer
To the place we call our home,
May our view of heaven grow clearer,
Hope more bright of joys to come;
And, when dying,
May Thy presence cheer the gloom.
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