Hymn 45
Lord of the Sabbath, hear our vows
Scripture: Matt. 12:8
1
Lord of the Sabbath, hear our vows,
On this thy day in this holy house
And own as grateful sacrifice
The songs which from thy servants rise.
2
Thine earthly Sabbaths Lord we love
But there’s a nobler rest above;
To that our lab’ring souls aspire
With ardent hope and strong desire.
3
No more fatigue no more distress,
Nor sin nor hell, shall reach the place;
No sighs shall 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.