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BLESSED SABBATH. (Primary.)

"Call the sabbath a delight"-Isa. 58:13.

WM. STEVENSON.

1. Blessed Sab- bath, source of pleasure, Bright the hours and free from
2. Pleas-ant smiles and friend-ly greet-ings, Sweet - est hymns of love
3. All these earthly Sab- baths end - ed, Joys im mor tal will

care; Joys they bring us and praise, Pre-cious les - sons, be giv'n; And our songs, with

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JOHN H. YATES.

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1. We

COMING, PRECIOUS SAVIOUR.

"We come unto thee."-Jer. 3:22.

B. C. UNSELD.

us

are coming, pre-cious Saviour, in the fervor of our youth, Glad-ly com-ing to Thy 2. Lead safely, ten der Shepherd, to the waters cool and bright; In Thy fold pro-vide us 3. Do Thou guide us, bless-ed Master, in the way that we should go; As the fleeting years go

ser-vice, in the cause of love and truth; We are sing-ing, ev - er sing-ing of the cross of Cal - va – ry, shelter, when shall fall the shades of night; When the way is rough and thorny, or when blows the chilling blast, by us, may the pathway brighter grow; 'Till the way shall end in glory, where the crowns of life are given,

CHORUS.

While we ear - nest-ly en-deav-or, day by day, to fol-low Thee.
Bear us safely in Thy bo-som, till the dan-ger all is past. We are march-ing, on-ward march-ing,
Where we'll praise Thee, blest Redeemer, in the perfect bliss of heav'n.
marching, marching,

marching,

COMING, PRECIOUS SAVIOUR.-Concluded.

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A u nited hap-py band; And we'll sound Thy praise, O Saviour, O-ver åll our favored land.

* This may be used occasionally with fine effect, by one Soprano singing the song-and all the Girls (and Boys whose voices have not