Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray
The same words as 4 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
21 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #223 · tune [unclear] → Burton
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Verse 1
Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray
In this thy house, on this thy day;
Accept, as grateful sacrifice,
The songs which from thy temple rise.
Verse 1
Thine earthly Sabbath, Lord, we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our laboring souls aspire,
With ardent hope and strong desire.
Verse 2
Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our longing souls aspire,
With ardent hope and strong desire.
Verse 2
No more fatigue, no more distress,No sin nor death can reach that place,
No tears shall mingle with the songs
That warble from immortal tongues.
Verse 3
No more fatigue, no more distress,
No sin afflicts or cares to place;
No tears shall mingle with the songs
That warble from immortal tongues.
Verse 3
No rude alarm of raging foes,
No cares to break their long repose,
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.
Verse 4
No rude alarms of raging foes,
No cares to break the long repose,
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.
Verse 4
0 long expected day begin,
Dawn on those realms of wo and sin;
Fain would I leave this weary road,
And go to meet my blessed Lord.
Verse 5
O long-expected day, begin!
Dawn on these realms of woe and sin;
Fain would I leave this weary road,
And go to keep my Sabbath, Lord.