2 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord! we love; Oh! that we might that rest attain, 3 In thy blest kingdom we shall be 4 No rude alarms of raging foes, 5 O long-expected day, begin! Dawn on this world of woe and sin! 334 Prayer for purer Sabbath devotion. Ps. xliii, 3-5. 1 FREQUENT the day of God returns C. M. 2 Accept our faint attempts to love; 3 Increase, O Lord! our faith and hope, Where the assembly ne'er breaks up, 4 There we shall breathe celestial air, 335 Thoughts befitting the Sabbath implored. Ps. cxxii, 1. Rev. i, 10. 1 GREAT God! this sacred day of thine These solemn, these devoted hours: 6-8's. 2 Ye cares of earth, and trifles, fly! Can every secret thought explore: Be every heart a grateful guest; Oh! may thy word with life divine 336 C. M. Rejoicing in the day which the Lord hath made. Ps. cxviii, 22-24. John i, 1-3. Col. fii, 16. 1 LORD of the Sabbath! Thee we praise In concert with the blest, Who joyful in harmonious lays 2 On this glad day a brighter scene Than when by God, th' eternal Word, 3 He rises, who our pardon bought 'Twas great to speak a world from nought; 'Twas greater to redeem. 4 In psalms and hymns we would proclaim 5 Exalted on thy radiant throne, Be Thou our theme, and Thou alone! 337 1 Sabbath-evening reflections. Jer. viii, 20. Luke xix, 20. THE light of Sabbath-eve Is fading fast away; Oh! then what record will it leave To crown the closing day? S. M. 2 3 Is it a Sabbath spent Fruitless and vain and void? Or have these blessed moments lent How dreadful and how drear, Oh! in that hopeless place, 5 Lord of these Sabbath-hours! To waste in sinful thoughts of ours Public Worship. 338 The church-service. 2 Cor. v, 20. Heb. iv, 14-16; x, 19-25. 1 IN THY presence we appear; 7's. |