Again the day returns of holy rest
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Again the day returns of holy rest,Which, when he made the world, Jehovah blest;When, like his own, he bade our labors cease,And all be piety, and all be peace.
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Let us devote this consecrated dayTo learn his will, and all we learn obey;So shall he hear, when fervently we raiseOur supplications, and our songs of praise.
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Lord of all worlds, incline thy gracious ear;Thy children's voice in tender mercy hear;Bear thy blest promise, fixed as hills, in mind,And shed renewing grace on lost mankind.
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Father in heaven, in whom our hopes confide,Whose power defends us, and whose precepts guide,Through life our surest guardian and friend,Glory supreme be thine till time shall end.