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Text:Lord's Day Hymn
Author:Eben E. Rexford
Tune:[Again the Sabbath God has blest]
Composer:Ira D. Sankey

104. Lord's Day Hymn

1 Again the Sabbath God has blest,
To us returns with peace and rest;
And to His courts we come to pay,
Our tribute on the Lord's own day.

2 Oh, blessed day, in which we turn
Our hearts to God, and Heav'n, and learn
The lesson of its holy calm,
And worship Him, the great I Am.

3 Today God seems so very near,
He smiles, the shadows disappear,
And in the sunshine of His love,
Our hearts mount upward like the dove.

4 Hail, holy day, wherein may we
Find foretaste of the rest to be,
When heavn's eternal Sabbath brings
Fulfilment of God's promisings.

Text Information
First Line: Again the Sabbath God has blest
Title: Lord's Day Hymn
Author: Eben E. Rexford
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Sabbath
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Again the Sabbath God has blest]
Composer: Ira D. Sankey
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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