SUNDAY-SCHOOL HYMNS.

NEWTON.]

SA

SECTION I.

THE SABBATH DAY.

HYMN 1.

Saturday Evening.

AFELY through another week
God hath brought us on our way;

Let us now a blessing seek

On the approaching Sabbath-day;
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

2 Mercies multiplied each hour,

Gracious Lord, our praise demand;
Guarded by thy mighty power,
Nourished by thy bounteous hand
Now from worldly care set free,
May we rest this night with thee.

3 When the morn shall bid us rise,
May we feel thy presence near;
May thy glory meet our eyes,
When we in thy house appear:
Thus may all our Sabbaths prove
Foretastes of the joys above.

7's.

STENNETT.]

HYMN 2.

L. M.

NOTHER six days' work is done,

A Another Sabbath is begun;

Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest,
Improve the day thy God hath blest.

2 O that our thoughts and thanks may rise, As grateful incense to the skies;

And draw from heaven that sweet repose,
Which none, but he that feels it, knows.

3 In holy duties, let the day,

In holy pleasures, pass away:
How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of one that ne'er shall end!

WATTS.]

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1 THIS is the day when Christ arose
So early from the dead;
Why should I keep my eyelids closed,
And waste my hours in bed?

2 This is the day when Jesus broke
The powers of death and hell;
And shall I still wear Satan's yoke,
And love my sins so well?

3 To-day with pleasure Christians meet,
To pray and hear thy word;
And I would go, with cheerful feet,
To learn thy will, O Lord.

4 I'll leave my sport, to read and pray
And so prepare for heaven:

O may I love this blessed day,
The best of all the seven.