Worship — The Sabbath

Blest hour, when mortal man retires

No. 216
Words Thomas Raffles.
Singing key E♭ major
4 stanzas

Sung to UXBRIDGE (hymn 58)

Words

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

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

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.

Blest hour! for, where the Lord resorts,Foretastes of future bliss are given;And mortals find his earthly courtsThe 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.