By the souls that own Thy sway
Hallowed be its hours and blest;
Cares of earth aside be thrown,
This day given to Heaven alone!
3 Saviour! who this day didst break
The dark prison of the tomb;
Bid my slumbering soul awake,
Shine through all its sin and gloom:
Let me, from my bonds set free,
Rise from sin, and live to Thee!
4 Blessed Spirit! Comforter!

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Sent this day from Christ on high;
Lord, on me Thy gifts confer,
Cleanse, illumine, sanctify

All Thine influence shed abroad,
Lead me to the truth of God.

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Psalm xcii.

work,

WATTS.

To praise Thy name, give thanks, and sing;

To show Thy love by morning light,
And talk of all Thy truth at night.
2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares disturb my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found,
Like David's harp of solemn sound!
3 My heart shall triumph in the Lord,
And bless His work, and bless His word:
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
How deep Thy counsels, how divine!

4 Then I shall share a glorious part,
When grace hath well refined my heart,
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.

5 Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desired or wished below;

And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.

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LORD of

ORD of the Sabbath, Thee we praise,

Who, joyful, in harmonious lays
Employ an endless rest.

2 Thus, Lord, while we remember Thee,
We blest and pious grow;
By hymns of praise we learn to be
Triumphant here below.

3 On this glad day a brighter scene
Of glory was displayed,

By God, the eternal Word, than when
This universe was made.

4 HE RISES, who mankind has bought,
With grief and pain extreme;

"Twas great to speak a world from nought; 'Twas greater to redeem !

5 "May we, throughout this day of Thine, Be in Thy Spirit, Lord, Spirit of humble fear divine

That trembles at Thy word;

6 "Spirit of faith our hearts to raise,
And fix on things above;

Spirit of sacrifice and praise,
Of holiness and love."

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S.M.

WELCOME, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;

Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes!

WATTS.

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.

S One day amidst the place
Where my dear Lord has been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasurable sin.

4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
And sweetly sing herself away,
To everlasting bliss.

TO Thy temple I repair,

MONTGOMERY

Lord, I love to worship there,
When within the veil I meet
Christ before the Mercy-seat.

2 Thou, through Him, art reconciled,
I, through Him, become Thy child;
Abba! Father! give me grace,
In Thy courts, to seek Thy face.
8 While Thy glorious praise is sung,
Touch my lips, unloose my tongue,
That my joyful soul may bless
Thee, the Lord, my Righteousness.
4 While the prayers of saints ascend,
God of Love! to mine attend!
Hear me, for Thy Spirit pleads,
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

5 While I hearken to Thy Law,
Fill my soul with humble awe,
Till Thy Gospel bring to me
Life and immortality.

6 While Thy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in Thy Name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear Thee speaking from the sky!
7 From Thy house when I return,
May my heart within me burn;
And at evening let me say,-
I have walked with God to-day.

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THOU glorious Sun of Righteousness,

Risen on high to set no more,

Shine on us now, to heal and bless,
With brighter beams than e'er before.
2 Shine on Thy work of grace within,
On each celestial blossom there;
Destroy each bitter root of sin,

And make Thy garden fresh and fair.
3 Shine on Thy pure eternal word,
Its mysteries to our souls reveal;
And whether read, remembered, heard,
O let it quicken, strengthen, heal.
4 Shine on the temples of Thy grace;
With righteousness Thy priests be clad;
Unveil the brightness of Thy face;
And make Thy chosen people glad.

5 Shine, till Thy glorious beams shall chase
The brooding cloud from every eye!
Till every earthly dwelling-place
Shall hail the Day-spring from on high!

6 Shine on, shine on, Eternal Sun!
Pour richer floods of life and light;
Till that bright Sabbath be begun,-
That glorious day which knows no night.

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C.M.

Psalm v.

WATTS.

LORD! in the morning Thou shalt hear

My voice ascending high;

To Thee will I direct my prayer,
To Thee lift up mine eye :-

2 Up to the hills, where Christ is gone,
To plead for all His saints,

Presenting at His Father's throne
Our songs and our complaints.

3 Thou art a God, before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand;
Sinners shall ne'er be Thy delight,
Nor dwell at Thy right hand.

4 But to Thy house will I resort,
To taste Thy mercies there;
I will frequent Thy holy court,
And worship in Thy fear.

5 Oh! may Thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness;
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face.

6 The men that love and fear Thy Name Shall see their hopes fulfilled;

The mighty God shall compass them
With favour as a shield.

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DODDRIDGE.

ORD of the Sabbath! hear our vows, On this Thy day, in this Thy house; And own, as grateful sacrifice,

The songs which from our hearts arise. 2 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. 4 No rude alarms of raging foes; No cares to break the long repose; No midnight shade, no clouded sun, But sacred, high, eternal noon. 5 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