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How sweetly breaks the Sabbath dawn
Along the eastern skies!
So, when the night of time hath gone,
Eternity shall rise.
How softly spreads the Sabbath light!
How soon the gloom hath fled!
So o'er the new created sight
Celestial bliss is spread.
What quiet reigns o'er earth and sea,
Through all the stilly air!
So calm may we this Sabbath be,
And free from worldly care.
Thus let thy peace, O Lord! pervade
Our bosoms all our days;
And let each passing hour be made
A herald of thy praise.
This peace of God--how full! how sweet
It flows from Jesus' breast;
It makes our bliss on earth complete,
It brings eternal rest.
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1840
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AUBURN
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1892
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