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

Hail, peaceful day! divinely blest!Sweetly thy glories would we sing,Memorial of that sacred restOf vast creation's mighty King:This hallowed time to man was given,A foretaste of the bliss of heaven.

Hark! through the shining courts aboveWhat rapturous praises echo now!Around that holy law of loveSeraphs 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 swayFrom 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.