Remember the Sabbath

Verse 1

We thank Thee, O Lord, for a Sabbath of rest; A day of all others the brightest and best; A day that observed and respected should be,— ‘Twas made for Thy worship, ‘tis sacred to Thee.

Chorus

Remember the Sabbath, thro’out our broad land; Remember the Sabbath, ‘tis God’s own command; Transmitted from Sinai, in language divine;— “Six days shalt thou labor, the Sabbath is mine.”

Verse 2

Our fathers rejoic’d in Thy Sabbath, O Lord; They walk’d in Thy counsels, believed in Thy word; They clung to the Bible, their staff and their guide, And, trusting Thy promise, in triumph they died.

Verse 3

We thank Thee, O Lord, for a Sabbath of rest; A day that so richly Thy presence hath blest; A day when our vigor and strength, we renew, While onward, and upward, our path we pursue.

Verse 4

And when the last Sabbath shall fade from our sight, Prepare us to enter the mansions of light; And there, with the just and the faithful to spend A Sabbath in glory, that never shall end.