On this plea­sant Sab­bath day,
Let us sing a joy­ful lay,
To the God who reigns
In earth and Heav’n above.
He has kept us thro’ the week,
And to­day His smiles we seek,
And we hum­bly ask
His bless­ing and His love.

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Sing, O sing a joy­ful song,
Youthful hearts the strain pro­long,
Let us ask the Lord we praise,
In our best and sweet­est lays,
For His bless­ing
In our hap­py Sab­bath throng.

He has kept us free from harm
By His kind and migh­ty arm,
And He gives us here
His Word to guide our feet;
May we learn it now in love,
And direct our thoughts above,
Where about His throne
The hap­py angels meet.

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Praise to Him who will not fail
When our ene­mies as­sail,
And when dan­gers clus­ter
Thickly where we stand,
He will bring us safe at last,
Where the dan­gers are all past,
To our hap­py homes
In His ce­les­ti­al land.

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