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1 WHEN, as returns this solemn day,
Man comes to meet his maker God,
What rites, what honours, shall he pay?
How spread his sovereign's praise abroad?
2 From marble domes, and gilded spires,
Shall curling clouds of incense rise?
And gems, and gold, and garlands, deck
The costly pomp of sacrifice?

3 Vain, sinful man! creation's lord
Thy golden offerings well may spare ;
But give thy heart, and thou shalt find
Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.

2.

14. 19. 215. 226.

C. M.

The Lord's day morning.

WATTS.

1 LORD! in the morning thou shalt hear

My voice ascending high;

To thee will I direct my prayer.
To thee lift up mine eye.

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2 Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand;
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand.

3 But to thy house will I resort,
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thy holy court,
And worship in thy fear.

4 O may thy spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness;
Make every path of duty straight,
And plain before my face.

5 The men that love and fear thy name
Shall see their hopes fulfilled;
The mighty God will compass them
With favour as a shield.

3.

42. 43. 97. 181.

C. M.

The Lord's day.

BARBAULD.

1 AGAIN the Lord of life and light
Awakes the kindling ray,
Unseals the eye-lids of the morn,
And pours increasing day.

2 O what a night was that which wrapt
The heathen world in gloom!
O what a sun which broke, this day,
Triumphant from the tomb!

3 This day be grateful homage paid,
And loud hosannas sung;

Let gladness dwell in every heart,
And praise on every tongue.

4 Ten thousand differing lips shall join
To hail this welcome morn,

Which scatters blessings from its wings,
To nations yet unborn.

21. 28 44. 207.

4.

L. M.

The Lord's day

HANCOX.

1 How welcome thy returning beams,
Thou fairest morn of all the seven!
Those wake to toil, and earthly schemes;
Thou to repose, and thoughts of heaven!
2 The six days' noise and rage are o'er,
Appeased the tumult and the strife;
Now may the spirit freely soar,
No longer chained to cares of life.

3 Come, let us join the goodly throng,
And pay to God our early vow,
Repeat his praise in cheerful song,
And at his footstool humbly bow.

4 He hath revealed a blest abode,
In gospel-lines divinely fair;
Come, let us seek the heavenly road,
That we may not be strangers there.

5 Nor with the sabbath's parting ray
Let us our pious zeal conclude;
But strive to know, each passing day,
Some strengthened grace, or sin subdued.
6 Then we may trust our Father's love,
That when we've passed these days of care,
Trained for his blissful courts above,
An endless sabbath we shall share.

5. 88. 215. 217.

5.

P. M.

J. TAYLOR.

Return of the Lord's day.
BLESSED sabbath of the Lord,
Sweet return of public praise!
Still we live to hear his word,
Grateful for his solemn days.
Let the world in darkness frown,
And our mortal comforts fail;
From the glories of his throne
Light shall cheer the gloomy vale.
Great object of our faith! to thee we bow,
And in thy church record the solemn vow.

6.

264.

S. M.

MONTGOMERY.

The delight of worship.

1

GLAD was my heart to hear
My old companions say,

Come, in the house of God appear,

For 'tis a holy day.

2 Our willing feet shall stand
Within the temple-door;

While young and old, in many a band,
Shall throng the sacred floor.

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The city of our God:

The Lord from heaven be kind to them

That love the dear abode !

Within these walls may peace

And harmony be found: Zion, in all thy palaces,

Prosperity abound!

5 For friends and brethren dear,
Our prayer shall never cease:
Oft as they meet for worship here,
God send his people peace!

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