Trinity Hymnal ‎#322

322. Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray

1 Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray,
In this thy house, on this thy day;
And own, as grateful sacrifice,
The songs which from thy temple rise.

2 Now met to pray and bless thy Name,
Whose mercies flow each day the same,
Whose kind compassions never cease,
We seek instruction, pardon, peace.

3 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our lab'ring souls aspire
With ardent hope and strong desire.

4 In thy blest kingdom we shall be
From ev'ry mortal trouble free;
No sighs shall mingle with the songs
Resounding from immortal tongues;

5 No rude alarms of raging foes;
No cares to break the long repose;
No midnight shade, no waning moon,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.

6 O long-expected day, begin,
Dawn on these realms of woe and sin!
Break, morn of God, upon our eyes;
And let the world's true Sun arise!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray
• Author: Philip Doddridge (1737)
• Alterer: Thomas Cotterill (1819)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Matthew 12:8
• Topic: The Church: The Lord's Day; Heaven: Anticipated; Invocation; Prayer

Tune Information

• Name: GERMANY
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815