594. Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love

1 Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love;
But there's a nobler rest above;
Thy servants to that rest aspire
With ardent hope and strong desire.

2 No more fatigue, no more distress,
Nor sin, nor death shall reach the place;
No groans shall mingle with the songs
That dwell upon immortal tongues.

3 No rude alarms of raging foes;
No cares to break our long repose;
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.

4 O long-expected day, begin!
Dawn on these realms of woe and sin!
Fain would we leave this weary road,
And sleep in death, to rest with God.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love
Author: Philip Doddridge (1755)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Heaven: Rest in; Sabbath
Tune Information
Name: LOWELL
Composer: Dimitri S. Bortniansky
Meter: L. M.



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