LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 6 6 8 8
| | Writer(s): | Hayward
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| | Dates: | 1806
| | Bible Refs: | Ex 20:10
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 21
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 325
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MUSIC
Alternate Tunes
| ASPIRATION | 6 6 6 6 8 8 | William Wallace Gilchrist | | REED | 6 6 6 6 8 8 | John P. Campbell | | LISCHER | 6 6 6 6 8 8 | Friedrich Schneider & Lowell Mason |
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| 1. Welcome, delightful morn,
Thou day of sacred rest!
I hail Thy kind return;
Lord, make these moments blest;
From the low plain of mortal toys,
|:I soar to reach immortal joys.
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2. Now may the king descend,
And fill His throne with grace;
Thy sceptre, Lord, extend,
While saints address Thy face:
Let sinners feel Thy quickening word,
|:And learn to know and fear the Lord.:|
3. Descend celestial Dove
With all Thy quickening powers;
Disclose the Saviour’s love,
And bless the sacred hours:
Then shall my soul new life obtain,
|:Nor Sabbath be enjoyed in vain.
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