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Lord of the Sabbath, hear our vows, On this Thy day, in this Thy house, And own, as grateful sacrifice, The songs which from the desert rise. Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love, But there’s a nobler rest above; To that our labouring souls aspire, With ardent pangs of strong desire. No more fatigue, no more distress, Nor sin nor hell shall reach the place; No groans to mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues. No rude alarms of raging foes; No cares to break the long repose; No midnight shade, no clouded sun, But sacred, high, eternal noon. O long-expected day, begin, Dawn on these realms of woe and sin! Fain would we leave this weary road, And sleep in death to rest with God.
Lord of the Sabbath, hear our vows, On this Thy day, in this Thy house, And own, as grateful sacrifice, The songs which from the desert rise. Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love, But there’s a nobler rest above; To that our labouring souls aspire, With ardent pangs of strong desire. No more fatigue, no more distress, Nor sin nor hell shall reach the place; No groans to mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues. No rude alarms of raging foes; No cares to break the long repose; No midnight shade, no clouded sun, But sacred, high, eternal noon. O long-expected day, begin, Dawn on these realms of woe and sin! Fain would we leave this weary road, And sleep in death to rest with God.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Dr. Doddridge (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 495 · printed citation: Dr. Doddridge · subject: REST
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