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HYMN FOR THE SCRIPTURAL SABBATH

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 26, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 8.

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HYMN FOR THE SCRIPTURAL SABBATH.

By W. H. Black

“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.”
FORGET the day of God? Ah, no! Each seventh day, we vow, till death, The world's dull vanities shall go, And prayer and praise employ our breath.
No day of moon or day of sun, No day that bears an idol's name, No day suggesting labor done, Shall rob it of its ancient fame.
No vain pretence of Christian change— No human custom—human laws— With us God's order shall derange, Or drive us from his holy cause.
All time is thine, immortal King! Who shall dispute thy righteous claim? Ours be it to obey, and sing Th' eternal honors of thy name.
W. H. BLACK, 1848.