SDA Hymnal 392
Dear Lord, We Come at Set of Sun
Tune: STRACATHRO
1Dear Lord, we come at set of sun,
And at Your feet we kneel
To worship You, Creator, King,
This day, Your sign and seal.
2Our earthly tasks we lay aside,
According to Your Word,
To enter now Your holy rest,
The Sabbath of the Lord.
3Sweet Sabbath rest, your sacred hours
Are as a golden chain
That reaches back to Eden's gate
And points us home again.
4And when this earth shall be renewed,
And sin and death destroyed,
Shall all redeemed each Sabbath day
Still meet to praise their God.
- Tune
- STRACATHRO
The verse
- Meter
- 8.6.8.6
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 71% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCD
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Verse 1
Dear Lord, we come at set of sun,//˘/˘/˘/8A
And at Your feet we kneel˘˘˘/˘/6B
To worship You, Creator, King,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8C
This day, Your sign and seal.˘/˘/˘/6B
Verse 2
Our earthly tasks we lay aside,/˘/˘/˘/˘/9A
According to Your Word,˘/˘˘˘/6B
To enter now Your holy rest,˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
The Sabbath of the Lord.˘/˘˘˘/6D
Verse 3
Sweet Sabbath rest, your sacred hours//˘/˘/˘/˘9A
Are as a golden chain˘˘˘/˘/6B
That reaches back to Eden's gate˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
And points us home again.˘/˘/˘/6D
Verse 4
And when this earth shall be renewed,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8A
And sin and death destroyed,˘/˘/˘/6B
Shall all redeemed each Sabbath day˘/˘///˘/8C
Still meet to praise their God.//˘/˘/6D
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.