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BOLTON 7s, 6s. D.

J. Walch

The dawn of God's new Sabbath Breaks o'er the earth a-gain, As some sweet summer morning After a night of pain.

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THE dawn of God's new Sabbath
Breaks o'er the earth again,
As some sweet summer morning
After a night of pain.

It comes as cooling showers
To cheer a thirsting land,
As shades of clustered palm-trees
'Mid weary wastes of sand.

2 Lord, we would bring our burden
Of sinful thought and deed,
In Thy pure presence kneeling
From bondage to be freed;
Our heart's most bitter sorrow
For all our work undone,
So many talents wasted,

So few true conquests won.

MENDEBRAS 7s, 6s. D.

3 Yet still, O Lord long-suffering, Still grant us in our need Here in Thy holy presence

The saving name to plead ; And on Thy day of blessings, Within Thy temple walls, To foretaste the pure worship Of Zion's golden halls:

4 Until in joy and gladness

We reach that home at last, When life's short week of sorrow And sin and strife is past; When angel-hands have gathered The first ripe fruit for Thee, O Father, Son, and Spirit, Most Holy Trinity!

Ada Cambridge Cross 1866

L. Mason

NEANDER 8s, 75, 7.

J. Neander

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OPEN now thy gates of beauty,
Zion, let me enter there,
Where my soul in joyful duty

Waits for Him who answers prayer;
O how blesséd is this place,
Filled with solace, light, and grace.

2 Yes, my God, I come before Thee,
Come Thou also down to me:
Where we find Thee and adore Thee,
There a heaven on earth must be.

To my heart, O enter Thou,
Let it be Thy temple now.

3 Here Thy praise is gladly chanted, Here Thy seed is duly sown, Let my soul, where it is planted,

Bring forth precious sheaves alone, So that all I hear may be Fruitful unto life in me.

4 Speak, O God, and I will hear Thee, Let Thy will be done indeed; May I undisturbed draw near Thee

While Thou dost Thy people feed; Here of Life the Fountain flows, Here is balm for all our woes.

Benjamin Schmolck 1704 Tr. by Catherine Winkworth 1863

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Day of all the week the best, Em-blem of e-ter-nal rest; Day of all the week the best, Em-blem of e- ter-nal rest.

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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.

2 While we pray for pardoning grace, Through the dear Redeemer's name, Show Thy reconciléd face,

Take away our sin and shame: From our worldly cares set free,

May we rest this day in Thee.

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PARKER 7s, 6s. D.

H. Parker

To Thee, my God and Sav-iour, My heart ex-ult-ing sings, Re-joic-ing in Thy fa

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might-y King of kings: I'll cel -e-brate Thy glo-ry, With all Thy saints a-bove, And tell the joy-ful

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DALKEITH IOS.

T. Hewlett

Father, a- gain in Jesus' name we meet, And bow in pen-i-tence beneath Thy feet;

A gain to Thee our fee-ble voic - es raise, To sue for mer-cy, and to sing Thy praise.

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A gain re- turns the day of ho-ly rest, Which, when He made the world, Je-hovah blessed;

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When, like His own, He bade our la-bors cease, And all be piety, and all

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LISCHER H. M.

F. J. C. Schneider

Wel-come, de-light-ful morn, Thou day of sacred rest

hail thy kind re-turn; Lord, make these moments blest; From the low train of mor-tal toys,

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WELCOME, delightful morn,

Thou day of sacred rest:

I hail thy kind return;

Lord, make these moments blest; From the low train of mortal toys, I soar to reach immortal joys.

2 Now may the King descend, And fill His throne of grace:

Thy sceptre, Lord, extend,

While saints address Thy face; Let sinners feel Thy quickening word, And learn to know and fear the Lord.

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 John Dobbell's Collection, 1806

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LORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of Thy love,

Thine earthly temples are!
To Thine abode my heart aspires,
With warm desires, to see my God.

2 O happy souls, that pray

Where God appoints to hear; O happy men, that pay

Their constant service there!

They praise Thee still; and happy they, That love the way to Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength,
Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears:
O glorious seat, when God, our King,
Shall thither bring our willing feet!

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AWAKE, ye saints, awake! And hail this sacred day: In loftiest songs of praise Your joyful homage pay:

Isaac Watts 1719

Come, bless the day that God hath blest, The type of heaven's eternal rest.

2 On this auspicious morn The Lord of life arose;

He burst the bars of death,

And vanquished all our foes;
And now He pleads our cause above,
And reaps the fruit 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, that once was slain, Through endless years to live and reign. Elizabeth Scott 1756 Thomas Cotterill 1810

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