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Worship — The Sabbath

When the worn spirit wants repose

  • No. 231
  • Words James Edmeston.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

When the worn spirit wants repose,
And sighs her God to seek,
How sweet to hail the hours that close
The labors of the week!

2

How sweet to hail the Sabbath-day,
The day of holy rest;
From earth's wild cares to soar away
To regions pure and blest.

3

Sweet day! thine hours too soon will cease;
Yet, while they gently roll,
Breathe, heavenly Spirit, source of peace,
A sabbath o'er my soul.

4

Soon will my pilgrimage be done,
The world's long week be o'er,—
That Sabbath dawn which needs no sun,
That day which fades no more.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «231» (large) with the reference line «227, 120, 80.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 227, 120 or 80), in the left column of p. 77 below hymn 230; «James Edmeston.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «WHEN» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («week !», «rest ;», «day !», «cease ;»); it is closed up here. Stanza 4 line 2 ends «o'er,—» (comma and dash), as printed. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («earth's», «o'er», «world's»). «sabbath» in stanza 3 is printed with a lower-case s, «Sabbath-day» and «Sabbath dawn» with capitals. 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).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — The Sabbath · No. 231 · printed page 77
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01