The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7237

7237. Welcome, Sabbath Morning

1. Welcome, welcome, Sabbath morning!
We’ve no task, nor toil today;
And the Sabbath morn returning,
Tells a week has passed away.

Refrain
Welcome, welcome, quiet morning!
We’ve no task nor toil today;
And the Sabbath morn returning,
Tells a week has passed away.

2. Let us think how time is gliding,
Soon the longest life departs;
Nothing human is abiding,
To the trust of youthful hearts. [Refrain]

3. Swift our childhood’s dreams are passing,
Like the startled doves they fly;
Or bright clouds in fleetest chasing,
Out on yonder quiet sky. [Refrain]

4. Now, dear Lord, our prayer we raise Thee,
From our young and happy hearts;
Never let us cease to praise Thee;
Never from Thy fear depart. [Refrain]

5. Then when years have gathered o’er us,
And the world begins to fade;
Heaven’s bright realms will rise before us,
Treasures that will never fade. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Welcome, welcome, Sabbath morning
• Title: Welcome, Sabbath Morning
• Author: I. N. Kieffer (1871)
• Refrain First Line: Welcome, welcome, quiet morning!
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: The Pearl; A Col­lect­ion of Songs, Hymns, Chants, An­thems and Con­cert Piec­es, for the Sab­bath School, by J. M. Kief­fer (Cleve­land, Ohio: S. Brain­ard & Sons, 1871), num­ber 13
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WELCOME SABBATH MORNING
• Composer: I. N. Kieffer (1871)
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Incipit: 35176 15323 46543
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain