CLXI. Lord's Day Evening

1 Frequent the day of God returns
To shed its quickening beams;
And yet how slow devotion burns!
How languid are its flames!

2 Accept our faint attempts to love,
Our frailties, Lord, forgive;
We would be like thy saints above,
And praise thee while we live.

3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope,
And fit us to ascend,
Where the assembly ne'er breaks up,
The Sabbath ne'er shall end:

4 Where we shall breathe in heavenly air,
With heavenly lustre shine;
Before the throne of God appear,
And feast on Love divine:

5 Where we, in high seraphic strains,
Shall all our powers employ;
Delighted, range th' etherial plains,
And take our fill of joy.

Text Information
First Line: Frequent the day of God returns
Title: Lord's Day Evening
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1793
Topic: Lord's Day
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