Worship — The Sabbath
Hail, peaceful morn, thy dawn I hail
- No. 235
- Metre C. P. M.
- Tune CHARDON.
- Words Anon.
- Music Lowell Mason.
- Key F major
- Time 3/4
- 4 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenHail, peaceful morn, thy dawn I hail;
How do thy hours my mind regale
With feasts of heavenly joy!
Nor can I half thy blessings name,
Which kindle in my soul a flame,
And all my powers employ.
How shall I best improve thy hours?
Lord, on me shed in copious showers
Thy Spirit and thy grace;
That when thy sacred courts I tread,
My soul may eat the heavenly bread,
And sing Jehovah's praise.
Thou hallowed season of repose,
Thou balm to soothe the throbbing woes
Of this care-stricken breast;
Thy sacred hours I'll ever greet,
And with the faithful will I meet,
To taste thy holy rest.
Thus may the Sabbath pass away,
My best, my holiest, happiest day,
The sweetest of the seven;
But yet a rest for saints remains,
The Sabbath free from ills and pains,
Eternal, and in heaven.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: hymn number «235» (large), tune name «CHARDON. C. P. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «LOWELL MASON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); running head «WORSHIP—THE SABBATH.». Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Hail,»; «peaceful» and «blessings» are printed unbroken under two notes, and «Hail,peaceful» / «Withfeasts» are set without a word space in the condensed type (spaced here). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in two columns below the music, under the reference line «123, 658,» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 123 or 658; the last mark is comma-shaped); stanza 3 runs from the foot of the left column (lines 1–3) to the top of the right column (lines 4–6); «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;», «?» and «!» («hail ;», «hours ?», «breast ;», «seven ;», «joy !»); it is closed up here. Lines 3 and 6 of each stanza are indented in the print. 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. 235 · printed page 78
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01
