2 O that our thoughts and thanks may Which for the church of God remains,
As grateful incense, to the skies; [rise The end of cares, the end of pains.
And draw from heaven that sweet repose
Which none but he that feels it knows.
4 In holy duties let the day,
In holy pleasures, pass away;
How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of one that ne'er shall end.
Joseph Stennett
And kindle there a pure desire;
Come, sacred Spirit, from above,
And fill my soul with heavenly love.
In thee thy Father's glories shine;
Thy glorious name shall be adored,
And every tongue confess thee Lord.
cred day of earthly rest, From toil and trouble free;
Hail! day of light, that bring - est
2 A holy stillness, breathing calm On all the world around, Uplifts my soul, O God, to thee, Where rest is found.
On all I think, or say, or do, A ray of light divine
Is shed, O God, this day by thee,
For it is thine.
4 Accept, O God, my hymn of praise,
That thou this day hast given
Sweet foretaste of that endless day
Of rest in heaven.
78 (LISBON) S. M.
I 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 Descend, celestial Dove,
With all thy quickening powers, Disclose a Saviour's love,
And bless these sacred hours: Then shall my soul new life obtain, Nor Sabbaths e'er be spent in vain. Hayward, in J. Dobell's Coll.
3 One day amidst the place
Where my dear God hath been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasurable sin.
4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
And sit, and sing herself away
To everlasting bliss.
Safely thro' another week God has bro't us on our way; Waiting in his courts today;
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