42. S. M. Bulfinch.

Sabbath Worship.

1Hail to the Sabbath day!

The day divinely given,

When men to God their homage pay,

And earth draws near to heaven.

2Lord, in this sacred hour,

Within thy courts we bend,

And bless thy love, and own thy power,

Our Father and our Friend.

3But thou art not alone

In courts by mortals trod;

Nor only is the day thine own

When man draws near to God.

4Thy temple is the arch

Of yon unmeasured sky;

Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march

Of grand eternity.

5Lord, may that holier day

Dawn on thy servants' sight;

And purer worship may we pay

In heaven's unclouded light.