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Text:How Sweet!
Author:Mrs. Follen
Tune:ELIZABETHTOWN
Composer:Kingsley

432. How Sweet!

1 How sweet upon this sacred day,
The best of all the sev'n,
To cast our earthly thoughts away,
And think of God and heav'n.

2 How sweet the words of peace to hear
From him to whom 'tis giv'n
To wake the penitential fear,
And lead the way to heav'n.

3 And if to make our sins depart,
In vain the will has striv'n,
He who regards the inmost heart
Will send his grace from heav'n.

Text Information
First Line: How sweet upon this sacred day
Title: How Sweet!
Author: Mrs. Follen
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Hymns for Worship: The Rest Day
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: ELIZABETHTOWN
Composer: Kingsley
Meter: C. M.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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