Again Returns the Day of Holy Rest

Again re­turns the day of ho­ly rest

Which

when He made the world

Je­ho­vah blessed;

When

like His own

He bade our la­bors cease

And all be pi­ety

and all be peace.

Let us de­vote this con­se­crat­ed day

To learn His will

and all we learn ob­ey;

So shall He hear

when fer­vent­ly we raise

Our sup­pli­ca­tions and our songs of praise.

Father in Heav­en

in whom our hopes con­fide

Whose pow­er de­fends us

and whose pre­cepts guide

In life our guard­ian

and in death our friend

Glory su­preme be Thine till time shall end.