Earth's busy sounds and ceaseless din

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Earth’s busy sounds and ceaseless din
Wake not this morning air!
A holy calm should welcome in
This solemn hour of prayer.

Now peace, be still, unhallowed care,
And hushed within the breast!
A holy joy should welcome there
This happy day of rest.

Each better thought the spirit knows,
This hour, the spirit fill!
And Thou, from whom its being flows,
O, teach it all Thy will!

Then shall this day, which God hath blest,
Hallow life’s every hour,
And bear us to our better rest,
Eternal, perfect, sure.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #481

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First Line: Earth's busy sounds and ceaseless din
Source: Orig. Hymns
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

ST. PETER (Reinagle)

Composed by Alexander R. Reinagle (b. Brighton, Sussex, England, 1799; d. Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England, 1877), ST. PETER was published as a setting for Psalm 118 in Reinagle's Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte (c. 1836). The tune first appeared with Newton's text in Hymns Ancient and Mode…

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #481

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #481
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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #481

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #481
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Church Harmonies #20

Church Harmonies #20

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d120

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d120
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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #97

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #97
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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #41

Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #41
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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #54

Hymn Book for Christian Worship #54
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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a54

Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a54
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Hymnal Amore Dei #173

Hymnal Amore Dei #173
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Hymnal, Amore Dei #173

Hymnal, Amore Dei #173
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Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a173

Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a173
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Hymns of the Spirit #51

Hymns of the Spirit #51
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Original Hymns for Sabbath Schools #34

Original Hymns for Sabbath Schools #34

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d118

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d118

Youthful Voices #d46

Youthful Voices #d46
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