But each unholy thought departs,
And leaves the temple wholly thine.
3 O Father, God below, above!

Man's noblest work is praising thee;
Thy spirit o'er our hearts shall move,
And tune them all to harmony.

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C. M.

The Sabbath of the Soul.

BARBAULD.

1 SLEEP, sleep to-day, tormenting cares,
Of earth and folly born;

Ye shall not dim the light that streams
From this celestial morn.

2 To-morrow will be time enough
To feel your harsh control;
Ye shall not violate this day,
The Sabbath of my soul.

3 Sleep, sleep for ever, guilty thoughts;
Let fires of vengeance die;

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And, purged from sin, may I behold
A God of purity!

S. M.

Sabbath Worship.

1 HAIL to the Sabbath day!

The day divinely given,

BULFINCH

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
Óf grand eternity.

5 Lord, may that holier day

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Dawn on thy servants' sight;
And purer worship may we pay
In heaven's unclouded light.

H. M.

The Resurrection celebrated.

1 AWAKE, ye saints, awake,
And hail the sacred day;
In loftiest songs of praise
Your joyful homage pay;

Come bless the day
That God hath blest,

COTTERILL.

The type of heaven's
Eternal rest.

2 On this auspicious morn
The Lord of life arose,
And burst the bars of death,
And vanquished all our foes;

And now he pleads

Our cause above,

And reaps the frui*
Of all his love.

3 All hail, triumphant Lord!
Heaven with hosannas rings;
And earth, in humbler strains,

Thy praise responsive sings;

Worthy the Lamb, Through endless years

That once was slain,

To live and reign.

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L. M.

The Sacrifice of the Heart.

BARBAULD.

1 WHEN, as returns this solemn day, Man comes to meet his Maker, God.

What rites, what honors, shall he pay?
How spread his sovereign name abroad?
2 From marble domes and gilded spires
Shall curling clouds of incense rise,
And gems, and gola, and garlands, deck
The costly pomp of sacrifice?

? Vain, sinful man! creation's Lord

Thy golden offerings well may spare,
But give thy heart, and thou shalt find
Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.
4 O, grant us, in this solemn hour,

From earth and sin's allurements free,
To feel thy love, to own thy power,
Ana raise each raptured thought to thee!

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The Sabbath in the Sanctuary.

1 SAFELY through another week
God has brought us on our way;
Let us now a blessing seek,

Waiting in his courts to-day,-
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

NEWTON.

2 While we seek supplies of grace,
Through the dear Redeemer's name,
Show thy reconciling face,

Take away our sin and shame;
From our worldly cares set free,
May we rest, this day, in thee.

3 Here we come thy name to praise ;
Let us feel thy presence near;
May thy glory meet our eyes,
While we in thy house appear;
Here afford us, Lord, a taste
Of our everlasting feast.

4 May the gospel's joyful sound

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Conquer sinners, comfort saints,
Make the fruits of grace abound,

Bring relief from all complaints:
Thus let all our Sabbaths prove,
Till we join the church above.
L. M.

Praise to our Creator.

1 YE nations round the earth, rejoice
Before the Lord, your sovereign King
Serve him with cheerful heart and voice;
With all your tongues his glory sing.
2 The Lord is God; 't is he alone

Doth life, and breath, and being give;
We are his work, and not our own,
The sheep that on his pastures live.
3 Enter his gates with songs of joy ;

With praises to his courts repair ;
And make it your divine employ
To pay your thanks and honors there
4 The Lord is good; the Lord is kind;
Great is his grace, his mercy sure;
And all the race of man shall find
His truth from age to age endure.
S. M.

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The Sabbath welcomed.

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.

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3 One day amid the place

Where Christ, my Lord, has been
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasure and of sin.

4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,

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Till called to rise and soar away
To everlasting bliss.

S. P. M.

Delight in the House of God.

1 HOW pleased and blest was I
To hear the people cry,

"Come, let us seek our God to-day!"
Yes, with a cheerful zeal,

We haste to Zion's hill,

And there our vows and honors pay.
2 Zion, thrice happy place,
Adorned with wondrous grace,

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And walls of strength embrace thee round,
In thee our tribes appear,

To pray, and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel's joyful sound.
3 May peace attend thy gate,
And joy within thee wait,
To bless the soul of every guest;
The man who seeks thy peace,
And wishes thine increase,

A thousand blessings on him rest.

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L. M.

The Sovereign Jehovah.

1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create and he destroy.

WATTS.