Worship — The Sabbath

This day the Lord has called his own

No. 225
Words William H. Bathurst.
Singing key G major
4 stanzas

Sung to Old Hundred (hymn 1)

Words

This day the Lord has called his own;O, let us, then, his praise declare!Fix our desires on him alone,And seek his face with fervent prayer.

Lord, in thy love we would rejoice,Which bids the burdened soul be free;And with united heart and voice,Devote these sacred hours to thee.

Now let the world's delusive thingsNo more our groveling thoughts employ,But faith be taught to stretch her wingsIn search of heaven's unfading joy.

O, let these earthly Sabbaths, Lord,Be to our lasting welfare blessed!The purest comfort here afford,And fit us for eternal rest.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «225» (large) with the reference line «1, 219, 343.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 1, 219 or 343); the hymn stands in the right column of p. 75, below the end of hymn 224 and above hymn 226; «William H. Bathurst.» in italics at the end. The first word «THIS» is set in capitals and small capitals. The stanza numbers are printed without a full stop («1 THIS»); they are numbered «1.» here. Any thin space the print sets before «;» or «!» is closed up here (convention). The printer's curly apostrophes («world's», «heaven's») are written straight. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling («groveling»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., 8.8.8.8).