The light of Sabbath eve
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The light of Sabbath eveIs fading fast away;What record will it for us leave,To crown the closing day?
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Is it a Sabbath spentOf fruitless time destroyed?Or have these moments to us lentBeen sacredly employed?
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To waste these Sabbath hours,O may we never dare;Nor desecrate with words of oursThese sacred days of prayer.
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But may our Sabbaths hereInspire our hearts with love;And prove a blessed foretaste clear,Of that sweet rest above.