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Worship — The Sabbath

Blest hour, when mortal man retires

  • No. 216
  • Words Thomas Raffles.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Blest hour, when mortal man retires
To hold communion with his God,
To send to heaven his warm desires,
And listen to the sacred word.

2

Blest hour, when earthly cares resign
Their empire o'er his anxious breast;
While all around, the calm divine
Proclaims the holy day of rest.

3

Blest hour, when God himself draws nigh,
Well pleased his people's voice to hear,
To hush the penitential sigh,
And wipe away the mourner's tear.

4

Blest hour! for, where the Lord resorts,
Foretastes of future bliss are given;
And mortals find his earthly courts
The house of God, the gate of heaven.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «216» (large) with the reference line «58, 47, 212.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 58, 47 or 212); the whole hymn stands in the left column of p. 73, below hymn 215; «Thomas Raffles.» in italics at the end. The first word «BLEST» is set in capitals and small capitals. Any thin space the print sets before «!» and «;» («hour !», «breast ;», «given ;») is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («o'er», «people's», «mourner's»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., 8.8.8.8). No music is printed with this hymn.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — The Sabbath · No. 216 · printed page 73
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30