A FEW LINES
AGAINST OPENING THE CRYSTAL PALACE
ON THE SABBATH DAY.
I.
Chiming from the old church tow’r
’Tis the Sabbath bell I hear;
Welcome is the sound to me;
Welcome to the Christian’s ear.
II.
Think not lightly of its knell!
Let devotion fill each heart,
Sacred let this day be kept;
For our God ’tis set apart.
III.
Ye who work for daily bread,
Cease from toil with one accord,—
Is one day too much to give,
To the service of the Lord?
IV.
Though a Crystal Palace rears
High o’er Sydenham’s plain her head;
Destin’d, may we hope at least,
Blessings o’er our land to shed.