“Oh, how I Love This Sabbath!”
By R. F. C.
ELD. W. C. WHITFORD, delegate from the S. D. Baptists to our General Conference at Lansing, Mich., Sept. 22, 1876, in his discourse said, “Joseph Bates among your people says that he ‘gladly embraced the truth and commenced keeping the Sabbath of the Lord.’ In your first meetings he would often exclaim ‘Oh, how I love this Sabbath.’” “He being dead yet speaketh.” Oh, how I love this Sabbath!
This day Divinely blessed,
On which our great Creator
Did from his labor rest;
This day of joy and gladness,
Memorial of our King;
Let all who truly love him
Unite, his praise to sing! Oh, how I love this Sabbath!
Though set at nought by men;
Profaned, despised, down-trodden,
For ages it has been;
Yet now this glorious Sabbath
Is rising in its might,
And loving hearts and loyal
Are coming to its light. Oh, how I love this Sabbath!
’Tis truly a delight,
Holy, and honorable,
And sacred in my sight,
When earth renewed, all living
In praise its hours employ
Without a note of discord,
I hope to share the joy.