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Dear Lord, would thy praises sing

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.

4 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Hymns for Second Advent Believers #121

Hymns for Second Advent Believers #121 · 1852Hymns and Tunes 1886 #228 · 1886

Verse 1

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

Verse 1

Dear Lord, would thy praises sing
On this thy holy day;
With grateful hearts our tribute bring;
 To thee our homage pay.

Verse 2

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

Verse 2

This day, which thou for God hast blessed,
And set apart as thine,—
This day, when God himself did rest,
Hath honors all divine.

Verse 3

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

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

That 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.

Not in this version

Verse 5

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

Not in this version