O, Blessed Day!

The Lord blessed the Seventh day and hallowed it.

– Exodus 20:11 (KJV)

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Beam on us brightly, blessed day,
Dawn softly for our Savior’s sake;
And waft thy sweetness o’er our way,
To draw us heavenward when we wake.

O holy life that shall not end,
Light that will never cease to be –
May every Sabbath-day we spend,
Add to our happiness in Thee.

– Anna Laetitia Waring (1823 - 1910)