Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Family Devotion

How sweet the light of Sabbath eve

  • No. 544
  • Metre L. M.
  • Words James Edmeston.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

How sweet the light of Sabbath eve!How soft the sunbeams lingering there!For these blest hours the world I leave,Wafted on wings of faith and prayer.

2

Season of rest! the tranquil soulFeels the sweet calm, and melts in love;And while these sacred moments roll,Faith sees a smiling heaven above.

3

Nor will our days of toil be long;Our pilgrimage will soon be trod;And we shall join the ceaseless song,The endless Sabbath of our God.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «544» (large) in the right column of p. 179, under stanza 5 of hymn 543 («Thomas Ken.»), with the reference line «101, 212, 914.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 101 FEDERAL STREET, 212 PARK STREET or 914 WOODWORTH, all L. M.; no meter is printed — the four lines of 8 syllables are L. M., like the referenced tunes). Stanzas numbered «1», «2», «3» without periods (written «1.», «2.», «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 indented. The first word «How» is printed in ordinary capital and lower case (no small capitals). «James Edmeston.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («eve !», «there !», «rest !», «love ;», «long ;», «trod ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Family Devotion · No. 544 · printed page 179
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01