""pital,dant WORSHIP-SABBATH. JOHANN CHRISTIAN HEINRICH E OVERBERG. L. M. 78 Ardent hope of heavenly rest. 1 LORD of the Sabbath, hear our vows, 2 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love; 3 No more fatigue, no more distress, O long-expected day, begin! PHILIP DODDRIDGE. 79 Sabbath evening: Thy kingdom come. 1 MILLIONS within thy courts have met, Millions this day before thee bowed; Their faces Zionward were set, Vows with their lips to thee they vowed. But thou, soul-searching God! hast known The hearts of all that bent the knee; And hast accepted those alone, 1 SWEET is the light of Sabbath eve, And soft the sunbeams lingering the For these blest hours the world I leav Wafted on wings of faith and praye 2 The time how lovely and how still! Peace shines and smiles on all below The plain, the stream, the wood, the h All fair with evening's setting glow. 3 Season of rest! the tranquil soul Feels the sweet calm, and melts to l And while these sacred moments roll, Faith sees the smiling heaven above. 4 Nor will our days of toil be long; Our pilgrimage will soon be trod; And we shall join the ceaseless song, WORSHIP-SABBATH. LOWELL MASON. ROCKINGHAM. L. M. 1 SWEET is the work, my God, my King, 4 Then shall I see, and hear, and know 82 ISAAC WATTS. Pledge of glorious rest. 1 RETURN, my soul, enjoy thy rest; 2 O that our thoughts and thanks may rise, As grateful incense to the skies, And draw from Christ that sweet repose, 83 Hailing the Sabbath's return. 1 MY opening eyes with rapture see 2 I yield my heart to thee alone, And reign sole monarch in my breast. 3 O bid this trifling world retire, And drive each carnal thought away; Nor let me feel one vain desire, One sinful thought, through all the day. 4 Then, to thy courts when I repair, My soul shall rise on joyful wing; The wonders of thy love declare, And join the strains which angels sing. JAMES HUTTON. 84 Undisturbed devotion. 1 FAR from my thoughts, vain world, be gone! Let my religious hours alone: Fain would mine eyes my Saviour see; I wait a visit, Lord, from thee. LISBON. S. M. WORSHIP-SABBATH. DANIEL R 85 The Sabbath welcome. 2 The King himself comes near, 3 One day in such a place, Where thou, my God, art seen, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin. 4 My willing soul would stay ISAAC WATTS. 86 Day of light, rest, peace, prayer. 1 THIS is the day of light: Let there be light to-day; O Day-spring, rise upon our night, And chase its gloom away. 2 This is the day of rest: Our failing strength renew; On weary brain and troubled breast Shed thou thy freshening dew. 8 This is the day of peace: Thy peace our spirits fill; Bid thou the blasts of discord cease, Show thy reconciled face, Take away our sin and shame; 3 Here we come thy name to praise; 4 May thy gospel's joyful sound Conquer sinners, comfort saints; Make the fruits of grace abound, Bring relief for all complaints: Thus may all our Sabbaths prove, Till we join the Church above. JOHN NEWTON. GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL. |