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10459 | The Cyber Hymnal#10460 | 10461 |
Text: | Sweet Is The Light Of Sabbath Eve |
Author: | James Edmeston |
Tune: | MINTON |
Composer: | Anonymous |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Sweet is the light of Sabbath eve,
And soft the sunbeam lingering there;
Those sacred hours this low earth leave,
Wafted on wings of praise and prayer.
2 This time, how lovely and how still!
Peace shines and smiles on all below;
The plain, the stream, the wood, the hill,
All fair with evening’s setting glow!
3 Season of rest—the tranquil soul
Feels thy sweet calm, and melts in love;
And while these sacred moments roll,
Faith sees a smiling Heaven above.
4 How short the time, how soon the sun
Sets, and dark night resumes her reign;
And soon the hours of rest are done,
Then morrow brings the world again.
5 Yet will our journey not be long,
Our pilgrimage will soon be trod;
And we shall join the ceaseless song,
The endless Sabbath of our God.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Sweet is the light of Sabbath eve |
Title: | Sweet Is The Light Of Sabbath Eve |
Author: | James Edmeston |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Cottage Minstrel (London: F. Westly, 1831) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MINTON |
Composer: | Anonymous (1859) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book by Lowell Mason, Edwards A. Park and Austin A. Phelps (New York: Mason Brothers, 1859) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |