Lord of the Sabbath and its light
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
13 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #212
Verse 1
Lord of the Sabbath and its light,
I hail thy hallowed day of rest;
It is my weary soul's delight,
The solace of my care-worn breast.
Verse 1
Lord of the Sabbath and its light,
I hail thy hallowed day of rest;
It is my weary soul's delight,
The solace of my care-worn breast.
Verse 2
O sacred day of peace and joy,
Thy hours are ever dear to me;No earthly care shall e'er destroy
The holy calm I find in thee.
Verse 2
O sacred day of peace and joy,
Thy hours are ever dear to me;
Ne'er may a sinful thought destroy
The holy calm I find in thee.
Verse 3
How sweetly now they glide along!
How hallowed is the calm they yield!
Transporting is their rapturous song,
And heavenly visions seem revealed.
Verse 3
How sweetly now they glide along!
How hallowed is the psalm they yield!
Transporting is their rapturous song,
And heavenly visions seem revealed.
Verse 4
O Jesus, let me ever love
Thy presence with the day of rest;
Then shall my servant heart have done
To bless thy Sabbath doubly blest.
Verse 4
O Jesus, let me ever hail
Thy presence with the day of rest;
Then will thy servant never fail
To deem thy Sabbath doubly blest.
Not in this version
Verse 5
By sin we are exposed to wrath;
He died for us, that he might draw
Our wandering feet to virtue's path,
Where we may keep God's holy law.
Not in this version
Verse 6
That law shall still be our delight,—
The holy Sabbath is a part,—
And when we gain that world so bright,
All flesh shall keep it with one heart.