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Christ in Song 245

Don't Forget the Sabbath

Words: Fanny CrosbyMusic: Wm. B. Bradbury

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1Don't for-get the Sab-bath, The Lord your God hath blest, Of all the week the bright-est, Of all the week the
Keep the Sab-bath ho-ly, And wor-ship Him in-day, Who said to His dis-ci-ples, "I am the Liv-ing
Day of sa-cred pleas-ure, The hol-i-est and best, In thank-ful-ness re-mem-ber The day the Lord has blest.

RefrainWel-come, wel-come, ev-er wel-come, Bless-ed Sab-bath day!
Wel-come, wel-come, ev-er wel-come, (Omit.) Bless-ed Sab-bath day!

2It brings re-pose from la-bor, It tells of joy di-vine, Its beams of light de-scend-ing, With
What! e'er need for His mer-cy, Our Sav-ior bore the cross, For giv-ing us the Found-ains Where
Let us, O gen-tle lov-ing Sav-ior, How you and hear Him call, How pre-cious is Thy prom-ise To

3Come to the house of wor-ship, Come with the young and old;
Come, hear the sweet sto-ry That nev-er will grow old;
Come, learn of Je-sus' love, Come, feel His bless-ed power.

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The verse

Meter
24.24.25
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Don't for-get the Sab-bath, The Lord your God hath blest, Of all the week the bright-est, Of all the week the/˘/˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘24A
Keep the Sab-bath ho-ly, And wor-ship Him in-day, Who said to His dis-ci-ples, "I am the Liv-ing/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘??˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘24B
Day of sa-cred pleas-ure, The hol-i-est and best, In thank-ful-ness re-mem-ber The day the Lord has blest./˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/25C

Verse 2

It brings re-pose from la-bor, It tells of joy di-vine, Its beams of light de-scend-ing, With˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘21A
What! e'er need for His mer-cy, Our Sav-ior bore the cross, For giv-ing us the Found-ains Where˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘??/22B
Let us, O gen-tle lov-ing Sav-ior, How you and hear Him call, How pre-cious is Thy prom-ise To/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘//˘˘23C

Verse 3

Come to the house of wor-ship, Come with the young and old;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/13A
Come, hear the sweet sto-ry That nev-er will grow old;//˘//˘˘/˘˘//12A
Come, learn of Je-sus' love, Come, feel His bless-ed power.//˘/˘///˘//˘12B

Refrain

Wel-come, wel-come, ev-er wel-come, Bless-ed Sab-bath day!/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/12A
Wel-come, wel-come, ev-er wel-come, (Omit.) Bless-ed Sab-bath day!/˘/˘/˘/˘˘///˘/14A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.