A Selection of Hymns: from the best authors, intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watt's psalms and hymns. (1st Am. ed.) CCCLII. Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love

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CCCLI

A Selection of Hymns‎#CCCLII

CCCLIII

Text:

The eternal Sabbath

1 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our laboring souls aspire
With ardent pangs of strong desire.

2 No more fatigue, no more distress;
Nor sin nor Hell shall reach the place;
No groans to mingle with the songs,
Which warble from 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 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our laboring souls aspire
With ardent pangs of strong desire.

Text Information
First Line:	Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love
Title:	The eternal Sabbath
Meter:	L. M.
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1792
Scripture:	Hebrews 4:9
Topic:	Worship: The Lord's Day; Public Religion; Sabbath
Notes:	Public Domain.