Worship — The Sabbath
Hail, peaceful day! divinely blest
- No. 234
- Metre L. M. 6l.
- Tune NASHVILLE.
- Words Annie R. Smith.
- Music Arr. by Lowell Mason.
- Key E-flat major
- Singing key E♭ major
- Time 3/2
- 3 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenHail, peaceful day! divinely blest!
Sweetly thy glories would we sing,
Memorial of that sacred rest
Of vast creation's mighty King:
This hallowed time to man was given,
A foretaste of the bliss of heaven.
Hark! through the shining courts above
What rapturous praises echo now!
Around that holy law of love
Seraphs in adoration bow;
Let earth, responsive to the strain,
Exalt alone Jehovah's name.
O come, thou bright, immortal day!
When at his temple all adore,
And own his universal sway
From age to age, forevermore;
Then Zion shall in triumph reign,
And Eden bloom on earth again.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: running head «WORSHIP—THE SABBATH.»; hymn number «234» (large), tune name «NASHVILLE. L. M. 6L.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals; the «L» after the 6 is a small capital), «ARR. BY LOWELL MASON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, with «1.» before «Hail,»; its fourth and fifth lines are printed one above the other in braces, «{ Of vast creation's mighty King: / This hallowed time to man was given, }», under a section of the music between repeat signs (first and second time); «hallowed» is printed unbroken under two notes. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in two columns below the music, under the reference line «657, 320.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 657 or 320); «Annie R. Smith.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» and «:» («day !», «blest !», «now !», «forevermore ;», «King :»); it is closed up here. In the text stanzas, lines 2 and 4 are indented. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Worship — The Sabbath · No. 234 · printed page 78
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01
