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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 121

SABBATH HYMNS

1DEAR Lord, we would thy praises sing,
On this, thy holy day;
With grateful hearts our tribute bring,
And to thee homage pay.

2This day, which thou for us hast blest,
And set apart as thine;
This day, when God himself did rest,
Hath honors all divine.

3Lord, we would turn away our feet
From this, thy holy day;
And call its rest and worship sweet,
Not doing our own way.

4That we may thus restore the breach,
Which in thy law is made;
We need thy grace our hearts to teach,
We need thy Spirit's aid.

5O give us wisdom from above,
To worship thee aright;
Till we shall meet him whom we love,
And faith is lost in sight.

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The verse

Meter: 8.6.9.6
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 58% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABAB

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Verse 1

DEAR Lord, we would thy praises sing,//˘˘//˘/8A

On this, thy holy day;˘˘//˘/6B

With grateful hearts our tribute bring,˘/˘//˘/˘/9A

And to thee homage pay.˘˘//˘/6B

Verse 2

This day, which thou for us hast blest,˘/˘/˘˘//8A

And set apart as thine;˘/˘/˘/6B

This day, when God himself did rest,˘///˘/˘/8A

Hath honors all divine.//˘/˘/6B

Verse 3

Lord, we would turn away our feet/˘˘/˘//˘/9A

From this, thy holy day;˘˘//˘/6B

And call its rest and worship sweet,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

Not doing our own way.˘/˘/˘//7B

Verse 4

That we may thus restore the breach,˘˘˘/˘/˘/8A

Which in thy law is made;˘˘//˘/6B

We need thy grace our hearts to teach,˘////˘/˘/9A

We need thy Spirit's aid.˘///˘/6B

Verse 5

O give us wisdom from above,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8A

To worship thee aright;˘/˘/??6B

Till we shall meet him whom we love,/˘˘/˘˘˘/8A

And faith is lost in sight.˘/˘/˘/6C

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.