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

Hail, peaceful morn, thy dawn I hail;How do thy hours my mind regaleWith 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 showersThy 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 woesOf 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.