The Sabbath

Verse 1

Another six days' work is done, Another Sabbath is begun; Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, Improve the day that God has blessed.

Verse 2

Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns So sweet a rest to weary minds; A blessed antepast is giv'n, On this day more than all the sev'n.

Verse 3

O that our thoughts and thanks may rise As grateful incense to the skies, And draw from Christ that sweet repose Which none but he who feels it knows.

Verse 4

This heav'nly calm within the breast Is the best pledge of glorious rest, Which for the church of God remains, The end of cares, the end of pains.