They are the fruitful beds and borders

In God’s rich garden: that is bare

Which parts their ranks and orders.

The Sundays of man’s life,

Threaded together on time’s string,

Make bracelets to adorn the wife

Of the eternal, glorious King.

On Sundays heaven’s gate stands ope;

Blessings are plentiful and rife,

More plentiful than hope.”