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(66) Sweet Day of Rest.

Come, dearest Lord, and feed thy sheep,

On this sweet day of rest;

Oh, bless this flock, and make this fold

Enjoy a heavenly rest.

2 Welcome, and precious to my soul

Are these sweet days of love;

But what a Sabbath shall I keep

When I shall rest above!

3 I come, I wait, I hear, I pray;

Thy footsteps. Lord. I trace;

Here, in thine own appointed way,

I wait to see thy face.

4 Those are the sweet and precious days

On which my Lord I've seen;

And oft, when feasting on his word,

In raptures I have been.

5 Oh, if my soul, when death appears.

In this sweet frame be found,

I'll clasp my Savior in mine arms,

And leave this earthly ground.

John Mason, 1683.