A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 76

HYMN 76.

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.

Now met to pray, and bless Thy Name,
Whose mercies flow each day the same;
Whose kind compassions never cease,
We seek instruction, pardon, peace.

Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
O that we might that rest attain,
From sin, from sorrow, and from pain.

Oh! long expected day, begin;
Dawn on this world of woe and sin;
Fain would we leave this weary road,
To sleep in death, and rest in God.