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Text:The Sabbath
Tune:[A Sabbath well spent]
Composer:H. R. Palmer, by per.

95. The Sabbath

1 A Sabbath well spent
Brings a week of content,
Giving strength for the toils of tomorrow;
But a Sabbath profan'd,
Whatsoe'er may be gain'd,
Is a certain forerunner of sorrow.

2 Six days shalt thou toil,
Bringing fruits from the soil,
And with mind, heart and strength shalt thou labor;
But the seventh is bless'd,
As a day of sweet rest,
And for worship of God, the Creator.

3 O best of the seven,
Blessed foretaste of heaven
Thou dost bring with each pleasant returning;
Let us work, wait and pray,
Till the glorious day,
When we're called from life's weary sojourning.

Text Information
First Line: A Sabbath well spent
Title: The Sabbath
Language: English
Publication Date: 1879
Tune Information
Name: [A Sabbath well spent]
Composer: H. R. Palmer, by per.
Key: F Major or modal



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