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386- The Sacred Anthem

Doctrines: Sabbath

1

  • The sacred anthem slowly rang
  • Across the fields of praise,
  • When earth's first Sabbath made complete
  • All creatures and all days.
  • Walking with God, there,
  • Woman and man together share
  • The blessed Sabbath mood;
  • And in that green and golden world
  • Know all God's works are good.

2

  • But now in our diminished lives
  • We sing a blemished song;
  • The earth is worn and disarrayed
  • And all our work goes wrong.
  • Still in our worship,
  • Joining in praise and fellowship,
  • By Sabbath radiance blessed,
  • We put our doubt and fear away
  • And rest within God's rest.

3

  • And arching over time and space
  • The Lord of Sabbaths wills
  • Renewal for the weary earth
  • And healing for our ills.
  • Hearts will rejoice then;
  • There will be no more weeping, when
  • We know and shall be known.
  • With hosts of the redeemed we'll sing
  • Around God's shining throne.