Naught we can ask to make us blest 5 For these inestimable gains, O may we search with eager pains, LONG. THE SABBATH. 32. STENNETT. ANOTHER six days' work is done, Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest- 2 O, may our prayers and praises rise, And draw from heaven that sweet repose, Which none but he who feels it, knows. 3 This heavenly calm, within the breast, Prepares for that eternal rest Which for the sons of God remains, 4 In holy duties let the day COMMON. 33. WATTS. THIS is the day when Christ arose Why should I keep my eyelids closed, 2 This is the day when Jesus broke 3 To-day with pleasure Christians meet, 4 I'll leave my sport to read and pray, And so prepare for heaven; O may I love this blessed day LONG. 34. TAYLOR. THIS day belongs to God alone; He chose the sabbath for his own; And we must neither work nor play, Because it is God's holy day. 2 'Tis well to have one day in seven, 3 We ought, to-day, to learn and seek What we may think of all the week; And be the better every day, For what we hear our teachers say. 4 And every sabbath should be pass'd THUS far we're spared again to meet To seek his face, to praise and pray, 2 Let every tongue its silence break, On each returning Sabbath day. COMMON. 36. S. WESLEY. THE Lord, of sabbath let us praise, Who, joyful in harmonious lays, 2 Thus, Lord, while we remember thee, We bless'd and pious grow; By hymns of praise we learn to be 3 On this glad day a brighter scene By God th' eternal Word, than when 4 He rises, who mankind hath bought 'Twas great to speak the world from naught 'Twas greater to redeem. SEVENS. 37. NEWTON SAFELY through another week Let us now a blessing seek On this holy sabbath day; 2 Mercies multiplied each hour, 3 May our thoughts to thee arise, ゴ LONG 38. RHODES. THE Lord commands his day shall be A day of rest from industry, From vain pursuits, and worldly care. Of wickedness and pleasures vain; 4 The Lord of sabbath they despise, COME, let us join with one accord This is the day our risen Lord Hath made and call'd his own. 2 This is the day which God hath blest, Type of that everlasting rest |