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HYMN BEFORE MORNING SERVICE.
Again the day returns of holy rest
Which, when he made the world, Jehovah blest;
When, like his own, he bade our labour cease,
And all be piety, and all be peace.
Which, when he made the world, Jehovah blest;
When, like his own, he bade our labour cease,
And all be piety, and all be peace.
While impious men despise the sage decree,
From “vain deceit, and false philosophy;”
Let us its wisdom own, its blessings feel,
Receive with gratitude, perform with zeal.
From “vain deceit, and false philosophy;”
Let us its wisdom own, its blessings feel,
Receive with gratitude, perform with zeal.
Let us devote this consecrated day
To learn his will, and all we learn obey;
In pure Religion's hallow'd duties share,
And join in penitence, and join in prayer.
To learn his will, and all we learn obey;
In pure Religion's hallow'd duties share,
And join in penitence, and join in prayer.
So shall the God of Mercy pleas'd receive
That only tribute, man has power to give;
So shall he hear, while fervently we raise
Our choral harmony in hymns of praise.
That only tribute, man has power to give;
So shall he hear, while fervently we raise
Our choral harmony in hymns of praise.
CHORUS.
Father of Heaven, in whom our hopes confide,Whose pow'r defends us, and whose precepts guide;
In life our guardian, and in death our friend
Glory supreme be thine till time shall end!
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