Holy Sabbath Day of Rest

Sabbath blessings, my friends

Holy Sabbath Day of Rest

Text written in 1921 by L. E. C. Joers (1900-1999)

Tune composed in 1924 by John F. Anderson (1893-1974)

Exodus 20:8, 11 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,...For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

V. 1 Holy Sabbath day of rest,

By our Master richly blest,

God-created and divine,

Set aside for holy time.

Ezekiel 20:12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.

Refrain: Yes, the holy Sabbath rest,

By our God divinely blest,

It to us a sign shall be

Throughout all eternity

V. 2 Seek not pleasures of this earth,

With its folly, noise, and mirth,

There are better things in store,

Over on the other shore.

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Leviticus 23:32 It is a day of sabbath rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.

V. 3 As the Sabbath draweth on

Friday eve at set of sun,

Christian household then should meet,

Sing and pray at Jesus' feet.

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V. 4 Asking Him for saving grace, 

Also vict'ry in the race,

And to help us by His pow'r,

To keep holy every hour.

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