Millions this day before Thee bowed;
Their faces heavenward were set,
Their vows to Thee, O God! they vowed.
2 Still as the light of morning broke
O’er island, continent, and deep,
Thy far-spread family awoke,
Sabbath all round the world to keep.
3 From east to west the sun surveyed,
From north to south, adoring throngs;
And still where evening stretched her shade