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Worship — The Sabbath

Hail, happy day! thou day of holy rest

  • No. 250
  • Words P. H. Brown.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Hail, happy day! thou day of holy rest;
What heavenly peace and transport fill our breast
When Christ, the Lord of grace, in love descends,
And kindly holds communion with his friends!

2

Let earth and all its vanities be gone,
Move from my sight, and leave my soul alone;
Its flattering, fading glories I despise,
And to immortal beauties turn my eyes.

3

Fain would I mount, and penetrate the skies,
And on my Saviour's glories fix my eyes:
O meet my rising soul, thou God of love,
And waft it to the blissful realms above!

4

O Son of God, exalted on thy throne,
Impart that grace which comes from thee alone:
Thou, by whose love our light and peace are given,
Bring us, dear Saviour, to thyself and heaven.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «250» (large), with no reference line, in the left column of p. 83 below hymn 249 (FREEPORT. 10s.); stanzas 1–2 and the first two verses of stanza 3 stand in the left column, the rest of stanza 3 and stanza 4 at the top of the right column; «P. H. Brown.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «HAIL» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» and «:» («day !», «rest ;», «friends !», «alone ;», «eyes :», «above !», «alone :»); it is closed up here. The apostrophe of «Saviour's» is written straight. Stanza 1 line 2 ends «our breast» with no punctuation, as printed. The long ten-syllable verses are broken by the narrow column («fill / our breast», «love / descends,», «his / friends!», «soul / alone;», «the / skies,», «thee / alone:», «peace / are given,», «and / heaven.»); they are joined here, one verse per line. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is 10s., like FREEPORT above it).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — The Sabbath · No. 250 · printed page 83
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01