Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUNDAY BELLS, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL



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First Line: O sweet sabbath bells
Last Line: With blood he hath bought us: then praise him to-day!
Subject(s): Public Worship; Sabbath; Church Attendance; Sunday


O SWEET Sabbath bells!
A message of musical chiming
Ye bring us from God, and we know what you say;
Now rising, now falling,
So tunefully calling
His children to seek Him, and praise Him to-day.

The day we love best!
The brightest and best of the seven,
The pearl of the week, and the light of our way;
We hold it a treasure,
And count it a pleasure,
To welcome its dawning and praise Him to-day.

O sweet Sabbath rest!
The gift of our Father in heaven;
A herald sent down from the home far away,
With peace for the weary,
And joy for the dreary:
Then, oh! let us thank Him, and praise Him to-day.

Rejoice and be glad!
'Tis the day of our Saviour and Brother,
The Life that is risen, the Truth and the Way;
Salvation He brought us
When wand'ring He sought us,
With blood He hath bought us: then praise Him to-day!





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