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Advent Hymnals

Six days of toil and care

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.

24 words changed

Hymns and Tunes 1876 #76 · 1876Hymns and Tunes 1886 #237 · 1886

Verse 1

Six days of toil and care,
I bid you all adieu;
My soul, enjoy thy Sabbath hours,
I gladly welcome you.

Verse 1

Six days of toil and care,
I bid adieu to all;
And now, O peaceful Sabbath hours,
I gladly welcome you.

Verse 2

My heart with rapture burns
To Eden's vale so fair;
That for its blessed solitude,
And view the Sabbath there.

Verse 2

My heart with rapture turns
To Eden's vale so fair;
Then forward to the heavenly world,
And views the Sabbath there.

Verse 3

Seven thousand years they roll,
Shall memory faithful prove
To him who made the earth and sea,
And starry worlds above.

Verse 3

Sweet day of rest, through thee
Shall memory faithful prove
To him who made the earth and sea,
And starry worlds above.

Verse 4

each Sabbath spent aright
Shall bring us nearer thee,
Till in that glorious land of light
We're made forever free.

Verse 4

In each Sabbath spent aright
Shall bring us nearer thee,
Till in that glorious land of light
We more forever free.