Archive for the ‘Sabbath’ Tag

Above: St. James Episcopal Church, Macon, Georgia, August 30, 2015
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Text (1829) by Harriet Auber (1773-1862)
Hymn Source = Church Psalmody: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship; Selected from Dr. Watts and Other Authors (1831)
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With joy we hail the sacred day
Which God has called his own;
With joy the summons we obey,
To worship at his throne.
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Thy chosen temple, Lord, how fair!
Where willing votaries throng
To breathe the humble fervent prayer–
And pour the choral song.
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Spirit of grace! Oh deign to dwell
Within thy church below;
Make her in holiness excel,
With pure devotion glow.
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Let grace within her walls be found–
Let all her sons unite,
To spread with grateful zeal around,
Her clear and shining light.
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Great God, we hail the sacred day
Which thou hast called thine own;
With joy the summons we obey,
To worship at thy throne.
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Above: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newnan, Georgia, August 2, 2015
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Text (1829) by Harriet Auber (1773-1862)
Hymn Source = A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (1830), American Unitarian Association
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Sweet is the task, O Lord,
Thy glorious acts to sing,
To praise thy name, and hear thy word,
And grateful offerings bring.
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Sweet at the dawning hour,
Thy boundless love to tell;
And when the night-wind shuts the flower,
Still on the theme to dwell.
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Sweet on this day of rest,
To join in heart and voice,
With those who love and serve thee best,
And in thy name rejoice.
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To songs of praise and joy,
Be every Sabbath given,
That such may be our best employ
Eternally in heaven.
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Above: Episcopal Church of the Holy Family, Jasper, Georgia, June 21, 2015
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Original German Text (1700) by Caspar Neumann (1648-1715)
English Translation (1880) by Conrad Hermann Louis Schuette (1843-1926)
Hymn Source = Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal (1908), Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States (1818-1930)
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God of ages, great and mighty!
Who upholdest heaven and earth;
By whose truth and tender mercy
I have been led on from birth,
Night and sleep now pass away–
Welcome be Thy holy day.
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For this day so fair and holy,
Be Thou by my spirit blest,
Through Thy word still nearer heaven
Guide my spirit toward its rest:
Than the work of praise and prayer
Let me know no higher care.
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O the beauty of Thy service!
O the sweetness of Thy Word!
Sweeter far than honey gathered
From the flower by bee or bird:
Blessed all, who day and night
Make Thy word their chief delight.
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O my God, speak Thou Amen!
For we are Thy chosen own;
Be Thy praise by all exalted,
And Thy glorious name made known,
Till for aye we may, through grace,
See and serve Thee face to face.
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