SABBATH DAY.
How sweet, upon this sacred day,
The best of all the seven,
To cast our earthly thoughts away,
And think of God and heaven!
The best of all the seven,
To cast our earthly thoughts away,
And think of God and heaven!
How sweet to be allowed to pray
Our sins may be forgiven;
With filial confidence to say,
"Father, who art in heaven!"
Our sins may be forgiven;
With filial confidence to say,
"Father, who art in heaven!"
With humble hope to bend the knee,
And, free from folly's leaven,
Confess that we have strayed from thee,
Thou righteous Judge in heaven.
And, free from folly's leaven,
Confess that we have strayed from thee,
Thou righteous Judge in heaven.
And if, to make all sin depart,
In vain the will has striven,
He who regards the inmost heart,
Will send his grace from heaven.
In vain the will has striven,
He who regards the inmost heart,
Will send his grace from heaven.
