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Text:When the worn spirit wants repose
Author:James Edmeston
Tune:ELIZABETHTOWN
Composer:George Kingsley

231. When the worn spirit wants repose

1 When the worn spirit wants repose,
And sighs her God to seek,
How sweet to hail the hours that close
The labors of the week!

2 How sweet to hail the Sabbath-day,
The day of holy rest;
From earth's wild cares to soar away
To regions pure and blest.

3 Sweet day! thine hours too soon will cease;
Yet, while they gently roll,
Breathe, heavenly Spirit, source of peace,
A sabbath o'er my soul.

4 Soon will my pilgrimage be done,
The world's long week be o'er,
That Sabbath dawn which needs no sun,
That day which fades no more.

Text Information
First Line: When the worn spirit wants repose
Author: James Edmeston
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: Worship: The Sabbath
Tune Information
Name: ELIZABETHTOWN
Composer: George Kingsley
Meter: C.M.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Alternate tunes: #227, 120, or 80.



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