BENEDICTUS S. M. J. B. Calkin How charming is the place, Where my Re-deem-er God Un-veils the beauties of His face, And sheds His love a-broad. 4 13 How charming is the place, 2 Here, on the mercy-seat, 3 To Him their prayers and cries 4 To them His sovereign will He graciously imparts; And in return accepts, with smiles, The tribute of their hearts. 5 Give me, O Lord, a place Within Thy blest abode, Among the children of Thy grace, The servants of my God. Samuel Stennett 1772 14 HAIL to the Sabbath day: The day divinely given: 2 Lord, in this sacred hour Within Thy courts we bend, And bless Thy love, and own Thy power, 3 But Thou art not alone 4 Thy temple is the arch Of yon unmeasured sky; 5 Lord, may that holier day Stephen Greenleaf Bullfinch 1832 SWABIA S. M. German This is the day of light; Let there be light to day: 0 Dayspring, rise upon our night, And chase its gloom a-way. 04 16 THIS is the day of light; Let there be light to-day: O Dayspring, rise upon our night, 2 This is the day of rest: Our failing strength renew! On weary brain and troubled breast 3 This is the day of peace; Bid Thou the blast of discord cease, 4 This is the day of prayer; Let earth to heaven draw near: 5 This is the first of days! Send forth Thy quickening breath, And wake dead souls to love and praise, O Vanquisher of death! John Ellerton 1868 17 SING to the Lord, our Might, 2 This is His holy house, When He accepts the humblest vows That we sincerely pay. 3 The Sabbath to our sires In mercy first was given; The Church her Sabbaths still requires To speed her on to heaven. 4 We still, like them of old, And God is still as near His fold, 5 Then let us open wide Our hearts for Him to fill; Henry Francis Lyte 1834 SOHO C. M. J. Barnby BLEST day of God, most calm, most bright, ARISE, O King of grace, arise, The first and best of days; The laborer's rest, the saint's delight, 2 My Saviour's face did make thee shine, His rising did thee raise: This made thee heavenly and divine 3 The first-fruits do a blessing prove And they that do a Sabbath love A happy week shall find. 4 This day must I fore God appear, O let me spend it in Thy fear, ALLINGTON C. M. 47 John Mason 1683 And enter to Thy rest: Lo, Thy Church waits with longing eyes, Thus to be owned and blest. 2 Enter with all Thy glorious train, 3 Here, mighty God, accept our vows, And fill Thy poor with bread. 4 Here let the Son of David reign, Isaac Watts 1719 A. H. Mann With joy we hail the sacred day, Which God has called His own; With joy the summons we obey To worship at His throne. LAND OF REST C. M. D. very God of R. S. Newman ver y God, And ver y Light of Light, Whose feet this earth's dark valley trod, That SO it might be bright; Our hopes are weak, our fears are strong, Thick COME, Thou Desire of all Thy saints! While, with our praises and complaints, Low at Thy feet we bend. Then shall our lips resound Thy praise, 4 Dear Saviour! let Thy glory shine, 2 How should our songs, like those above, Till life, and love, and joy divine How should our souls, on wings of love, 3 Come, Lord! Thy love alone can raise A heaven on earth appear. 5 Then shall our hearts enraptured say, Anne Steele 1760 LORD, in the morning Thou shalt hear To Thee will I direct my prayer, 2 Up to the hills, where Christ is gone 3 Thou art a God, before whose sight 5 O may Thy Spirit guide my feet 25 Isaac Watts 1719 THIS is the day the Lord hath made, EARLY, my God, without delay, 2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand, Beneath a burning sky, Long for a cooling stream at hand, 3 I've seen Thy glory and Thy power 4 Not life itself, with all its joys, 5 Thus, till my last expiring day, Isaac Watts 1719 |