Worship — The Sabbath

Dear Lord, we would thy praises sing

No. 228
Words Anon.
Singing key B♭ major
5 stanzas

Sung to ZERAH (hymn 70)

Words

Dear Lord, we would thy praises singOn this thy holy day;With grateful hearts our tribute bring;To thee our homage pay.

This day, which thou for us hast blessed,And set apart as thine,—This day, when God himself did rest,Hath honors all divine.

Lord, we would turn away our feetFrom this thy holy day,And call its rest and worship sweet,Not doing our own way.

That we may thus restore the breachWhich in thy law is made,We need thy grace our hearts to teach,We need thy Spirit's aid.

O, give us wisdom from aboveTo worship thee aright,Till we shall meet Him whom we love,And faith is lost in sight.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «228» (large) with the reference line «70, 201, 208.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 70, 201 or 208); stanzas 1–3 stand at the foot of the left column of p. 76, below hymn 227, and stanzas 4–5 at the top of the right column, with «Anon.» in italics after stanza 5. The first word «DEAR» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;» («day ;», «bring ;»); it is closed up here. Stanza 2 line 2 ends «thine,—» (comma and dash), as printed. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («Spirit'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 C. M., 8.6.8.6).